In southern Nevada’s Valley of Fire State Park sandstone arches and sweeping dunes glow under the sun like another world. It ...

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 ...

TWENTYNINE PALMS Marine Corps base, Calif. — The two tiny tortoises emerged from their burrows as soon as they detected Brian Henen’s footsteps, eager for the handfuls of bok choy and snap peas that ...

In this April 4, 2008 file photo, Marines wait for a desert tortoise to move off the road at the U.S. Marine Corps' Air Ground Combat Center at Twentynine Palms, Calif. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File) SAN ...

A judge ruled that federal land managers didn’t show how they minimized impacts to vulnerable species in an off-road vehicle management plan in the Western Mojave Desert. The area is home to the ...

The Mojave Desert Preserve is hiring seasonal Biological Science Technicians to assist with desert tortoise conservation. The Mojave desert tortoise was declared endangered in California in 2024 after ...

The Mojave Desert Land Trust (MDLT) fears the current federal shutdown ... Respect the wildlife: Observe from a distance and never feed animals. Be considerate of others: Especially the remaining ...

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Local animal celebrity Mojave Max set a new burrow emergence record — and one lucky student at Elaine Wynn Elementary School predicted it all. As part of the Springs Preserve’s ...