The desert tortoise was first listed as threatened in 1990.

Spotting a Mojave Desert tortoise is increasingly difficult in the American Southwest. The tortoises, with their unmistakable domed patterned shells, live in California, parts of Nevada, Arizona and ...

Spotting a Mojave Desert tortoise is increasingly difficult in the American Southwest. The tortoises, with their unmistakable domed patterned shells, live in California, parts of Nevada, Arizona and ...

Today’s anti-environmentalists follow tracks laid by the ‘Phantom Duck’ and the Barstow-to-Vegas Race, where thousands of bikers sped across open desert.

SAN FRANCISCO— A federal judge has prohibited off-road vehicle use in critical habitat for desert tortoises in California’s western Mojave Desert, protecting more than 2,200 miles of proposed routes ...

The typical seasonal timeframe for the Mojave National Preserve is December to June, but it can change due to weather conditions, project needs or funding, the National Park Service stated. The Mojave ...

California, the Golden State, is home to a diverse range of animal life, and it is no surprise that the state has designated ...

A federal judge has prohibited off-road vehicle use in critical habitat for desert tortoises in California’s western Mojave ...

Two California desert conservancies have won more than $2 million in state funds to acquire critical habitat for imperiled species. In Riverside County, Oswit Land Trust was awarded $1.5 million for ...

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 ...

TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. — Military officials plan to move more than a thousand desert tortoises to keep them safe from training exercises in Southern California. The Press Enterprise reports that the ...