Hundreds of residents attended the 20th annual Dixie Regional Transportation Expo last Tuesday to learn about recent, current ...

It is part of an effort to ditch the use of drinking water for outdoor watering and replace it with treated wastewater. The ...

Rock on!” Crush was right – many turtles and tortoises can live to be well over 150 years old. How old is the oldest turtle in the world? Let’s explore some of the world’s longest-lived turtle species ...

Alagba, Nigeria’s royal tortoise alleged to be the oldest in Africa, lived to the estimated age of 344 before its death on October 3, 2019. Considered a historical figure, Alagba lived in the ...

Aug. 13, 2014. (AP Photo/John Locher, File) An endangered desert tortoise sits in the middle of a road at the proposed location of three BrightSource Energy solar-energy generation complexes in the ...

The Macolin Convention is a legal instrument and the only rule of international law on the manipulation of sports competitions. It requests public authorities to co-operate with sports organisations, ...

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Demonstrators attack several foreign embassies in Congo’s capital to protest rebels' advance in the east.

the threatened desert tortoise. And while developers take steps to find them new places to live, sometimes the tortoises don’t want to leave. “When you take them and move them 10 miles away ...

Over 20,000 tortoises have been rescued from illegal wildlife poaching by the U.S.-based nongovernmental organization Turtle Survival Alliance. The TSA's Androy Tortoise Conservation Center, based in ...

After 25 years of blockbusters and bombs, Desert Sky Cinema in Sahuarita is closing its doors for good. Co-owner Tom Becker said Thursday will be the last time movies will be shown on the theater ...

A bushfire in Victoria's west has destroyed the Little Desert Nature Lodge at Nhill and one home at Dimboola, while a second home may also have been impacted. Five new fires were started by ...

Besides saguaros, these fires also kill other iconic but slow-moving species, including desert tortoises and Gila monsters. And thanks to climate change, the fire season has also grown longer. Unlike ...