It's important to note that desert tortoises in California and the Southwest are two separate species. In a 2011 study, scientists declared that tortoises living north and west of the Colorado River — ...

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 u ...

The loss of hundreds of Fish and Wildlife employees could have immediate and long-term impacts on wild places, including ...

Nevada's desert landscape is filled with life that is hidden to human eyes. But when conditions are just right, typically ...

In Riverside County, Oswit Land Trust was awarded $1.5 million for 642 acres in the foothills of the San Jacinto Mountains, preserving healthy coastal sage scrub, grasslands, and other habitats ...

If it’s spring, it’s gotta be Mojave Max time in Southern ... along with the desert tortoise’s recent classification as a threatened species in 1990. “We were outdoors from the time ...

Water company Cadiz tapped the engineering firm to oversee construction of a massive groundwater bank that will supply ...

Mojave Desert Land Trust tallied up the numbers ... visitor interaction with the fragile desert ecosystem and at-risk species such as the Joshua tree and the Endangered Mojave Desert tortoise." ...