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If You Host an Easter Egg Hunt This Weekend, Your Kids Will Get Bit By Rattlesnakes (Maybe)

Happy Easter!​The Arizona Herpetological Society has some suggestions on how to host the lamest Easter egg hunt ever: don't "hide" the eggs where kids can't see them.The problem: rattlesnakes.The AHS is warning Valley residents about the dangers of Easter egg hunts in a region infested with slithe ... More >>

Beavers Put Hoover Dam to Shame With Dam That Can Be Seen From Space

www.icanhazcheezburger.com​Arizona has had its share of letdowns over the past few weeks and now -- on top of all the embarrassing shit the state legislature's been up to -- it appears that one of Arizona's architectural wonders, the Hover Dam, has been outdone by a bunch of beavers.This week, exp ... More >>

Rattlesnake Season in Arizona: Five Ways to Avoid Grim Death

www.damstore.net​ It's that special time of year in Arizona -- flowers blossoming, the sun's warming up, and as a result, rattlesnakes throughout the state are waking up from their winter naps That is, the vicious monsters are ready to bite the shit out of anyone they see. All right, rattle ... More >>

Rare Prairie Dog Blown Away by Hunter Claiming He Thought it was a Coyote

Arizona Game and Fish Department The black-tailed prairie dog​Good news! Black-tailed prairie dogs are back in Arizona (you were concerned, we're sure). However, a hunter outside of Tucson felt the need to blow one to bits with a high-powered rifle, according to the Arizona Game and Fish D ... More >>

A severely diabetic Valley woman faces criminal charges over her "service animal": a chimpanzee named Joey

Arizona Game and Fish Department The black-tailed prairie dog​Good news! Black-tailed prairie dogs are back in Arizona (you were concerned, we're sure). However, a hunter outside of Tucson felt the need to blow one to bits with a high-powered rifle, according to the Arizona Game and Fish D ... More >>

Gross Out: Roaches at the Scottsdale Haagen Dazs

Arizona Game and Fish Department The black-tailed prairie dog​Good news! Black-tailed prairie dogs are back in Arizona (you were concerned, we're sure). However, a hunter outside of Tucson felt the need to blow one to bits with a high-powered rifle, according to the Arizona Game and Fish D ... More >>

Dance of the Penguin

That whole talking-animal genre? Let's be done with it

Miracle on Ice

No shades of gray in Antarctic survival doc

Animal Crackers

Where the wild things find themselves

BEST PLACE TO GET THE BIRD

The Flight of Phoenix

Floundering

Cruel, vapid and unfunny, this Shark bites

BEST PLACE TO BE AN ANIMAL

Wildlife World Zoo

BEST MEXICAN SEAFOOD

San Carlos Bay Seafood Restaurant

Ant Farm

The death of tiny Autumn White should make lawmakers think more carefully about state budget cuts

Mock Turtle Scoop

The Spike clears up tale of the tortoises and the harebrained

Super Bowl V

The Valley's bid for the Big Game may be derailed by five missing tortoise babies

Best Place To See a Peacock West of Central Avenue

Wildlife World Zoo

Best Place To Buy Aardvark To Zebra

Daniel's Prime Meats & Seafood

Chimp on His Shoulder

An exotic-animal broker says Arizona's 'monkey rules' are forcing him out

Censuring Sexism, Praising Pythons

Letters from the week of April 18

Quilled

Animals keep dying at the Phoenix Zoo, but not from natural causes

Fine Feathered Fest

Bumbling, flightless bird has its day

Letters

From the week of December 6–12, 2001

Conundrum

At the same time hundreds of dead gray whales were washing up on beaches, their birthrate was plunging. Theories abound, but little hard data has been gathered to solve this environmental puzzle.

Lost Eagle

Bird won't be returned to the man who saved it

Hare Today, Gone Tomorrow

Rabbits and other critters are getting nailed at the Phoenix Zoo

Best Place To Be Dear To A Bear

Southwest Wildlife Rehabilitation and Educational Foundation

Best Place To Get Your Goat

Darlyn Pygmies

Hold the Oil

Lunch with an environmentalist offers food for thought

Eddie's Money

Murphy does what sells in reasonably cute Dr. Dolittle 2

Carrion On

Arboretum hosts "Welcome Back Buzzard's Day"

Dying Breeds

Siberian Eskimos on the edge of the Earth and the brink of starvation saved their lives and their culture by reviving the lost tradition of whale hunting. Now they worry the gray whales are poisoned.

Devil Fish

The majestic gray whale inspires awe, conflict and troubling environmental questions from the icy seas of Russia to the warm lagoons of Baja.

Raptor Rapture

Jerry Ostwinkle's life fell apart when the government seized his golden eagle; now he's fighting for Rex and the rights of falconers.

Flashes

From the week of December 14, 2000

Bat Scratch Fever

Everything you always wanted to know about rabies -- but were afraid to touch

Best Place to Buy Aardvark to Zebra

Gourmet Imports
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Coyote, Ugly

The fields of Killing Coyote run red with cruelty in powerful documentary

Names Test

Name the White Tiger Cub Contest

Been There, Dung That

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus

Bottle Fatigue

No more "Chardonnays that taste like baseball bats"

Swarming Trend

State's buzz on killer bees? Learn to live with 'em.

Wolfing Down Beef

A Mexican gray wolf pack learns to kill cattle and loses its freedom

Wildlife Disservice

Someone is shooting endangered Mexican gray wolves. The government's flawed reintroduction program helped put them in the crosshairs.

Judy, Judy, Judy

Someone is shooting endangered Mexican gray wolves. The government's flawed reintroduction program helped put them in the crosshairs.

Winged Victory

Fascinating A Bug's Life is lousy with laughs

Second Helpings

Fascinating A Bug's Life is lousy with laughs

The Zoo Story

Fascinating A Bug's Life is lousy with laughs

Rattling Cages

Some people golf. Some people fish. Some people collect stamps. Dale Burton spends his free time studying and caring for rattlesnakes.