Desert tortoises have lived in the deserts of California, Arizona, Nevada and Utah since the Pleistocene. In the early years of the 20th century, they still thrived within the Southwest's arid ...

the Mojave Desert tortoise. The story that changed my perspective began with this alarming statistic: ravens are responsible for about 44% of annual desert tortoise deaths. These intelligent birds ...

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 ...

Last fall, a Mojave desert tortoise went viral for its prickly pear lipstick, a byproduct of munching on the cactus fruit. Zooming in on the photo posted by the Department of the Interior ...

“I’m grateful the court found that federal officials can’t just make empty promises to protect desert tortoises and other wildlife on our public lands from off-road vehicles,” said Lisa ...

Mojave Max is the official mascot of the Clark County Desert Conservation Program. Clark County is hosting the annual Mojave Max Emergence Contest, where those who guess as closest to the exact day he ...

a part of the Habitat Conservation Plan designed to protect endangered desert tortoises. At the time, the federal government ruled that cattle grazing posed a threat to the tortoise population.

Mojave Max, a desert tortoise mascot for the Clark County Desert Conservation Program, is Las Vegas’ Punxsutawney Phil equivalent. Every year, elementary students guess when the famous reptile ...

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Many area residents know Mojave Max from his annual emergence contest, where elementary school students participate in the Punxsutawney Phil-esque tradition of guessing when the desert tortoise ...

In the Mojave, the 2013 arrival of the Ivanpah solar thermal plant created concerns about how the facility would affect threatened desert tortoises, and conservationists are working to ensure ...