Author: Mike Denison / Source: Science News for Students A desert in the southwestern United States may be the lair of secret ninja masters. You know them as desert kangaroo rats. But a pair of new studies finds that these rodents can bust out complex moves to avoid deadly rattlesnake bites.

Source: Atlas Obscura For over 1,000 years, travelers have used El Camino del Diablo to cross the harsh Sonoran Desert between settlements in what is now the state of Sonora in Mexico and the Colorado River in what is now Yuma, Arizona. Known as both El Camino del Diablo and El Camino del

There is surreal quality to experiencing mother nature’s two extremes side by side and snowfall in the desert is the perfect example. Those living in Arizona and New Mexico are accustomed to living with sometimes agonizing heat that the west brings, but this New Year began bestowed a chilly break