The tortoise has flattened forelegs that are heavily scaled and specifically adapted for burrowing ... of desert tortoise. The Sonoran population is located in the lower elevations of Arizona but is ...

Spring is finally here in Las Vegas. Mojave Max has finally emerged and broken his record for the latest emergence in the ...

Of the four, an adult male and female were last located together in a burrow ... the site. Desert tortoises are listed as threatened and protected under the Endangered Species Act.

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — After a period of concern for his well-being, Southern Nevada's celebrity desert tortoise finally emerged from his burrow at 2:09 p.m. Thursday, the Las Vegas Springs Preserve ...

She scrapped the “Seinfeld”-style stand-up and started thinking about her life growing up in Las Vegas, along with the desert tortoise’s recent classification as a threatened species in 1990.