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 ...

A casualty of the Eaton fire was the destruction of the Eaton Canyon Nature Center in Pasadena, which lost 15 animals who ...

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 ...

The group of young tortoises spent their early life in a headstart program operated by the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance and The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at ...

( (SL Advertiser)) Adopt a Desert Tortoise on World Wildlife Day and help give back with Arizona Lottery. To learn more, go to azgfd.gov/tortoise and arizonalottery ...

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 ...