The Mojave Desert tortoise has long been considered a threatened species, but in June, California declared it endangered.

Spotting a Mojave Desert tortoise is increasingly difficult in the American Southwest. The tortoises, with their unmistakable ...

A 3.5-million-acre swath of Mojave Desert, between Ridgecrest and the Morongo Basin, has been named a sentinel landscape, a federally led effort to promote sustainable land-use near military ...

Tortoises in the western Mojave Desert have been hardest hit, according to state wildlife officials. Researchers found a 54% reduction in the number of animals there between 2001 and 2020 ...

Looking for a winter job? The Mojave Desert Preserve has announced a limited number of job openings with the goal of ...

The San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance and The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens have reintroduced 70 critically endangered Mojave desert tortoises to their native habitat on Edwards Air Force Base.

A desert tortoise in the Mojave Desert near Kramer Junction. Located on BLM land near the Highway 58, a biologist estimated it to be 50 years or older. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times) ...

The plaintiffs claimed that off-road vehicles presented a particular harm to the Mojave desert tortoise. The tortoises are hard to see, so off-road vehicles can run them over, and the presence of ...

The Palm Desert animal park is home to Mojave Maxine, a desert tortoise that "predicts" spring when she finally concludes her cold-weather brumation and emerges from her burrow.

Tortoises in the western Mojave Desert have been hardest hit, according to state wildlife officials. Researchers found a 54% reduction in the number of animals there between 2001 and 2020 ...

The San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance and The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens have reintroduced 70 critically endangered Mojave desert tortoises to their native habitat on Edwards Air Force Base.