With Arizona heating up, Sonoran desert tortoises are on the move just in their usual slow fashion. “When they come out, they need food and water, and they also start looking around for mates or ...

or Gopherus agassizii — are officially a different species from tortoises in Arizona and Mexico, previously called "the Sonoran population of desert tortoises" and newly dubbed Morafka's desert ...

“Once common throughout the Mojave and Sonoran deserts of California, Nevada and Arizona, desert tortoise populations have declined by an estimated 90% in the last 20 years.” California’s ...

and extreme northern Arizona comprise the Mojave population of desert tortoise. The Sonoran population is located in the lower elevations of Arizona but is not currently protected under the Endangered ...