Desert Wildlife

Birds

Red Rock Canyon NCA is an oasis in the desert. Its deep sandstone canyons provide a perennial water supply, cool temperatures and a wide variety of vegetation which serves as ideal habitat for many ...

Mammals

The Red Rock Canyon NCA may seem rugged and desolate at first glance, but a closer look reveals an area teeming with wildlife. The desert often brings to mind snakes and lizards, but mammals too, inhabit these lands. In fact, ...

Reptiles

Reptiles, which are land dwellers throughout life and have protective scales, are adapted to life in the desert. There are 20 species of lizards, 25 species of snakes and two species of turtles and tortoises in the ...