This is bad news for the Tucson shovel-nosed snake, a highly adapted animal that swims through sandy desert soils and preys on everything from beetle larvae to scorpions. Its specialized nature and ...

Even when the agency does protect species, it often takes far too long, sometimes more than a decade.” The striking Tucson shovel-nosed snake is characterized by alternating black-and-red stripes over ...

SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — A Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals panel sided with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Friday to deny Endangered Species Act protections to the Tucson shovel-nosed snake, ruling ...