The beauty of the Red Rock recreational area is undeniable.

Whether you're hiking, biking, climbing or driving that 13 miles scenic loop, there is no shortage of amazing views and captivating sights.

There is one thing, though, that many people don't get to see and experience and that is the loop at night.

Tonight, that is about to change because we are going cruising with the Nevada Department of Wildlife to meet the true locals of Red Rock Okay, we're on the road.

Tell me, walk us through what will we be doing the next 13 because we're going through the entire loop.

Yes.

Over the next 13 miles, we will be driving for this survey outline speeds of 15 to 25 miles per hour.

So we're going to try and keep between that.

And we are keeping our eyes peeled for any movement, anything that we think might be a reptile or amphibian and educate us why it night.

Why are you doing this at night?

So the roads absorb heat and once the outside temperature starts to drop, the roads become a nice source of warmth for the reptiles and amphibians.

And being cold blooded, they rely on those external sources to keep their metabolism up.

So they'll come out onto the roads and warm up.

It'll help with their digestion and they'll just kind of hang out here on the road.

Are we seeing something?

We are.

Let's go.

What is that?

What is that?

Desert hairy scorpion.

And so if you take a look at their tail, we can see that there's a stinger on the end, and they'll use that stinger to invigorate their prey species.

So that would be like insects, Something bee eating.

And then they can use their claspers up front to bring that food up to their mouthparts.

And they're really cool because if you have a black light, you can shine it on them and their exoskeleton will show up and glow.

So it'll be kind of that cool blue green color.

Now, are these the ones we see at home sometimes here in southern Nevada?

They could be.

Could be found in somebody's backyard.

Yeah.

Are there times that you don't see anything and you're just cruising in?

Yeah.

Sometimes you come out and you make a couple passes and all you see are rocks and bugs.

But that's part of the nature of the survey.

Then we came across this little guy This is a red spotted toad.

Very much so apparent of it's red spotted.

So it's one of the more common amphibians we have out in the desert.

It's one of the more desert adapted amphibians that we have.

Probably the only a few we will see out today.

But we might see something else.

We might get lucky.

The sights and excitement of the cruise is great, but there is also purpose.

The data with each stop and identification information about the species, the conditions and the area needs to be noted and uploaded.

This information plays an important role