Finally, as climate change worsens heat waves and intensified wildfires, desert tortoises suffer disproportionately. Now the California Fish and Game Commission is officially recognizing what ...

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 u ...

SAN FRANCISCO— A judge has rejected federal agencies’ approval of activities in the California Desert Conservation Area, including a vast network of off-road vehicle routes in the West Mojave Desert.

The California Native Plant Society, Center for Biological Diversity, Defenders of Wildlife, Desert Survivors, Desert Tortoise Council and Sierra Club say federal agencies approved the West Mojave ...

The Mojave desert tortoise was once common throughout the Mojave and Sonoran deserts of California, Nevada, and Arizona but declined by an estimated 90% in the last 20 years, according to the SDZWA.

Two California desert conservancies have won ... The project will permanently protect western Joshua tree and desert tortoise habitat near the newly designated Mojave Desert Sentinel Landscape.

Mojave Max has finally emerged from his burrow. The desert tortoise mascot for the Clark County Desert Conservation Program came out of his burrow at the Springs Preserve at 3:09 p.m. Tuesday.

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 ...