Following more than three decades of declining numbers, the Mojave desert tortoise has been officially declared an endangered species in California. The California Fish and Game Commission voted ...

Last week, I wrote about one of the most fascinating desert creatures that call Mohave County home. Desert tortoises are the ...

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — Joshua trees and creosote brush poke up through the rocky earth of the Mojave Desert on an early spring afternoon. Mount Baldy towers in the distance, its snowcapped ...

The Arizona Game and Fish Department is seeking adoptive homes for more than 100 desert tortoises as the reptiles emerge from ...

A team of biologists and volunteers released 51 desert tortoises in the Boulder City Conservation Easement Wednesday. (KTNV) — More than a dozen biologists and volunteers walked through the Boulder ...

Desert tortoises have lived in the deserts of California, Arizona, Nevada and Utah since the Pleistocene. In the early years of the 20th century, they still thrived within the Southwest's arid ...

It's springtime and that means it's desert tortoise adoption season. Would you like to adopt a tortoise and help conservation?

Arid Tortoise Species Overview Arid tortoises are friendly, active reptiles that are native to dry climates. This care sheet ...

There has been a spike in visitors at Snow Canyon State Park as beloved Mojave Desert tortoises make their way out in the ...

Millions of acres of the Mojave Desert, home to five military bases and at least 40 protected species, including the desert tortoise and Joshua trees, will have more protection thanks to a designation ...

LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — Nevada transportation officials have completed dozens of tunnels and what are called turnarounds, to protect the federally-protected Mojave desert tortoise population, which is ...

Staff at Hungary’s Nyíregyháza Zoo provided resident spurred tortoises with a comprehensive wellness program that included ...