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. The ...

A federal judge has partly ruled in favor of environmental groups challenging what one called a vast "spaghetti" network of popular off-road vehicle routes in the Mojave Desert, which they charge are ...

Roughly 740,000 acres of the Mojave Desert comprise California's newest national monument in Riverside and Imperial counties. Chuckwalla National Monument was established in mid-January by outgoing ...

The Mojave Desert Tortoise is a famous symbol of the American Southwest and one that faces something of a paradox – while the ...

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 ...

A federal judge has struck down the latest Bureau of Land Management plan to manage off-roading routes in the Mojave Desert, saying it didn't provide adequate protections for the dwindling desert ...

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 ...

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - The proposed Rough Hat Clark County Solar Project would take up 2,400 acres of public land in the Pahrump Valley. The area is home to the federally protected desert tortoise, ...

This paper describes an interdisciplinary study of the habitat requirements of threatened desert tortoises (Gopherus agassizii) on eight 225-ha study plots in a 14 000 ha study area near the southern ...

Aim: Modelling and quantifying habitat changes using three historical field surveys for four Mojave Desert species and projecting future scenarios. Location: Newberry Mountains, southern Nevada, USA.

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. Photo ...