Apr. 21—April is known around Scottsdale by experts as "snake month." After months of hibernation, rattlesnakes come out to hunt as the temperatures rise. Indeed, April had barely begun when the ...

Editor’s note: Bill Kearney, who covers the environment for the South Florida Sun Sentinel, headed out to the Everglades, where he experienced a python hunt … of the canine kind. I’m on my hands and ...

The dog almost always loses, suffering a painful defeat that also bites into its owner’s wallet. Indeed, a few years ago Jill Rials watched in horror as a rattler bit her dog, south of Scottsdale. As ...