After years of living pet-free (save one vicious betta fish), my family and I decided to adopt a captive desert tortoise. Fittingly, it was a slow and steady process. In Arizona where we live ...

Long before Southern Nevada built its winding highways, desert tortoises roamed freely without consequence. For these ...

The Twentynine Palms Marine Corps base houses vulnerable young desert tortoises until they're hardy enough to withstand predators and drought. The endangered species' continued existence in the wild ...

Millions of dollars are now coming to Nevada to add wildlife crossings for the federally threatened Mojave desert tortoise.

Under the unyielding desert sun, a quiet yet fierce struggle for survival is underway. Here, among the creosote bushes and shifting sands, the desert tortoise — one of North America’s oldest ...

The activities are driving desert tortoises and other threatened and endangered wildlife toward extinction. “I’m grateful the court found that federal officials can’t just make empty promises to ...

The California Native Plant Society, Center for Biological Diversity, Defenders of Wildlife, Desert Survivors, Desert Tortoise Council and Sierra Club say federal agencies approved the West Mojave ...

Long before Southern Nevada built its winding highways, desert tortoises roamed freely without consequence. For these federally protected animals, crossing the street without a dedicated path ...

Reporting from TWENTYNINE PALMS Marine Corps base, Calif. — The two tiny tortoises emerged from their burrows as soon as they detected Brian Henen’s footsteps, eager for the handfuls of bok ...

Desert tortoises were once so plentiful that people driving through the Mojave would take them home to keep as backyard pets. But in some patches of California desert, their numbers have dropped ...