This article is devoted to one of the world’s smallest known snake species, the southwestern threadsnake. This fossorial (burrowing) snake has many alternate names as well, names
With regenerative powers that rival the mutant Wolverine, the axolotl is able to regrow just about anything lost or damaged. More on that in a bit. These peculiar critters live in
The Mexican mole lizard, aka Bipes, spends most of its time burrowing in soft soil in Western Mexico and Baja California. These creatures are neither a lizard or a snake. They are in
Every year, during the fall, untold millions of monarch butterflies travel over 3,000 miles from North America to Mexico. Their journey is among the greatest migrations of any in the
The nine-banded armadillo is a small, barrel-shaped critter covered in a suit of fleshy armor. Its name means “little armored one”, in Spanish. Their body armor provides protection against most
The sidewinder is a venomous pit viper that is found in arid regions of the southwestern U.S. and even into northwestern Mexico. They live in desert regions of Arizona, California
The American badger is native to North American grasslands which spread from Southern Canada all the way down to Mexico. They have one of the largest ranges of the world’s badger species
The mule deer can be found from western regions of North America from the coastal islands of Alaska, all the way down to the West Coast in southern Baja Mexico and from the northern
The desert tortoise is adapted to live in extremely hot desert environments. They are found in the Mojave Desert of California, Utah, Nevada, and the Sonoran deserts of Arizona and Mexico
The Mexican grey wolf is considered Critically Endangered by the IUCN. Only 115 Mexican gray wolves live in the wild and about 300 exist in captivity. Campaigns of poisoning and trapping
