Where to find (and protect) quiet places in nature around SoCal
Even in Los Angeles, a city dissected by highways and freeways and with busy ports and train lines, there are still places ...
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11 years after a celebrated opening, massive solar plant faces a bleak future in the Mojave Desert
Meanwhile, environmentalists continue to blame the Mojave Desert plant for killing thousands of birds and tortoises. The Ivanpah solar power plant formally opened in 2014 on roughly 5 square miles ...
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11 years after a celebrated opening, massive solar plant faces a bleak future in the Mojave Desert
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 ...
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Public land in Mojave Desert just named as California's newest national monument
The monument also serves to preserve the area's incredibly biodiverse land, nearly two-thirds of which is critical habitat for the endangered Mojave Desert tortoise and the desert pupfish.
Las Vegas Sun18d
As solar farms sprout up in Southern Nevada, concern for desert tortoises grows
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 ...
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Thousands of endangered tortoises are rescued in Madagascar after their sanctuary is flooded
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A community in southern Madagascar has pulled together to save thousands of critically endangered tortoises swept away from their sanctuary and left swimming for ...
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Thousands of endangered tortoises rescued in Madagascar
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A community in southern Madagascar has pulled together to save thousands of critically endangered tortoises swept away from their sanctuary and left swimming for ...
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How Tiptoe the tortoise escaped the Palisades Fire just in time
That’s the phrase caretaker Caitlin Doran uses to describe Palisades local and internet celebrity Tiptoe the tortoise, and the community she loves so much. The 23-year-old African Sulcata ...
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Family's 100-pound pet tortoise found safe after surviving Eaton Fire
ALTADENA, Calif. (KABC) -- A family in Altadena is rejoicing after their 100-pound pet tortoise was found amid the devastation of the Eaton Fire. Rocki survived the fire after the family lost ...
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The Top 10 Craft Hobbies to Try This Year—Even If You’re Not Artistic
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Hillier leads at Dubai Desert Classic in bid for ‘life-changing’ win as McIlroy trails by 7 shots
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland plays his second shot on the 16th hole during the third round of the Dubai ...