El Paso is high Chihuahuan Desert against the Franklin Mountains, dry and bright and full of specialists. Greater roadrunners and cactus wrens work the creosote flats, desert cottontails and rock squirrels handle the rest, and the Franklin Mountains State Park rising through the middle of the city holds mule deer, desert spiny lizards, and the occasional mountain lion. The Rio Grande on the border draws migrating shorebirds and waterfowl to what water is left.
Everything below is pulled live from recent research-grade observations near El Paso. Browse by group, explore the map, and identify what you find with Huck.
29,770
recent observations
30
species listed
14
plants
12
birds
3
insects & arthropods
Naturalists have logged 29,770 research-grade observations across the 30 most-recorded species near El Paso. The most frequently seen is the Creosote Bush, with 4,641 recorded sightings.
Plants account for the largest share of what gets recorded there (14 of the species listed here), followed by birds (12).