Welcome to Snake Week 2025 at azcentral.com. Every day from June 23 through June 29, Ultimate Arizona reporter Tiffany Acosta will bring you a new story about Arizona's favorite slithering reptiles.

In Arizona, rattlesnakes aren’t just desert dwellers — they’re practically celebrities. With 13 species slithering around, they’ve earned their spot as an unofficial symbol of the Southwest. The ...

An Arizona man called a snake removal company after seeing what he thought were three rattlesnakes lurking in the garage of his Mesa home. He was wrong. There actually were 20 snakes — five adult ...

Finding a timber rattlesnake in Arizona is like finding an alligator in Idaho — they’re not native to the western U.S. Yet one of the venomous snakes was recently found in Phoenix, snuggled up to ...

Arizona has many deadly creatures to watch out for, whether it's rattlesnakes, Gila monsters or scorpions. However, those creepy critters aren't even close to being the deadliest. According to the ...