Because of this, well over half of Arizona is either semi-arid or arid desert, meaning if you are ... as well as a myriad of dangerous plants and animals. Dangerous critters you may encounter ...

There are over a dozen recognized horned-lizard species found in the deserts and semi-arid environments of North ... some species employ one of the animal kingdom’s most bizarre defensive ...

Like their namesake, the camel, they are desert-dwelling animals, preferring the arid habitats of warm biomes and often shaded semi-desert scrubs. Image: Marshal Hedin, Flickr (Marshal Hedin from ...

But what do we really know about the desert ecosystem in this ... People, plants and animals have adapted and learnt to live in this arid environment and there are certainly no shortages of ...