The remains of the fearsome Spinosaurus mirabilis have been waiting for eons to be discovered in a Sahara Desert fossil bed.

Following more than three decades of declining numbers, the Mojave desert tortoise has been officially declared an endangered species in California. The California Fish and Game Commission voted ...

Hopefully this court order will help the desert tortoise population rebuild, to regain the delicate natural balance of the Mojave.

Quick Take Allen’s Rule explains why animals in warm climates tend to have longer appendages than those in colder ...

A federal judge has made 2,200 miles of Western Mojave Desert trails off-limits to off-roading bikers and drivers, in the ...

The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens in Palm Desert has announced the loss of one of its oldest leopards. Zoya was a 21-year-old Amur leopard who died on Wednesday due to old age, officials said on ...

“I envision this dinosaur as a kind of ‘hell heron’ that had no problem wading on its sturdy legs into two meters of water, ...

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 ...

PALM DESERT, Calif., Sept. 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens, in partnership with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Species Survival Commission (SSC), ...

The Bureau of Land Management was ordered to close down popular off-roading trails in parts of the Mojave in order to protect the imperiled desert tortoise.

Life in places like California’s Death Valley pushes everything to its limit. Temperatures rise past 120 degrees Fahrenheit. The light is harsh, the soil is dry, and most plants wilt fast. Yet one low ...