Mojave National Preserve officials are continuing their efforts to protect endangered desert tortoises from vehicles with the installation of dozens of miles of roadside "tortoise fencing" in tortoise ...

Desert tortoises need a diet that can come right out of your pots using some of the same flowers that I mentioned last week as edible for humans! Needing a diet with moderate protein, low fat, high ...

A desert tortoise in the Desert Tortoise Research Natural Area in California City in October 2022. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times) A 3.5-million-acre swath of Mojave Desert between Ridgecrest and the ...

PHOENIX — It’s a rainy morning when tortoises at the Adobe Mountain Wildlife Center are taken from their dens for health evaluations. The sleepy, muddy creatures might not be too happy with the ...

Living in Arizona comes with many perks, from enjoying the red rocks of Sedona, basking in the year-round warm weather or taking in the beauty of the classic Saguaro cactus. However, one uniquely ...

Each year the Arizona Game and Fish Department adopts out countless numbers of captive desert tortoises that are surrendered to the department. Unfortunately, they cannot be released back into the ...

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (KERO) — Young desert tortoises are thriving at Edwards Air Force Base as part of a head-start program to help increase the survival rate of the endangered species.

TUCSON, Ariz. (KVOA) — If you are amongst the lucky individuals that were approved to care for Arizona's most precious desert tortoises, then Arizona Game & Fish asks that you follow these simple ...

Oohs and aahhs filled the Victoria Public Library’s Bronte Room as special guest Joseph the Tortoise took center stage. A group of nervous yet eager children formed a line to pet Joseph’s shell.

A 3.5-million-acre swath of Mojave Desert between Ridgecrest and the Morongo Basin has received a new federal designation that advocates hope will help protect vulnerable wildlife like the Mojave ...