Arizona is home to over 800 native animal species, ranging from well-known rattlesnakes and javelinas to rarer creatures like ringtails and jaguars. Arizona also boasts unique species like the ...

Ringtail is Arizona’s state mammal, designated in 1986 to highlight regionally tied symbols. Ringtails are nocturnal, desert-adapted raccoon-like carnivores about the size of a house cat with a ringed ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. There are four major deserts in the United States. A portion of each of them -- the Sonoran, Mojave, Chihuahuan, and Great Basin -- are at ...