There has been a spike in visitors at Snow Canyon State Park as beloved Mojave Desert tortoises make their way out in the ...

Sonoran desert tortoises have emerged from hibernation this spring, and many of them are in need of a place to call home. Arizona Game and Fish is offering free adoptions of these captive reptiles ...

PHOENIX — They’re not fluffy, they don’t play fetch and they certainly don’t roll over. But there is such a thing as a lap tortoise. Dotty the desert tortoise climbs into the lap of Seyda Robertson in ...

Spotting a Mojave Desert tortoise is increasingly difficult in the American Southwest. The tortoises, with their unmistakable domed patterned shells, live in California, parts of Nevada, Arizona and ...

Arid Tortoise Species Overview Arid tortoises are friendly, active reptiles that are native to dry climates. This care sheet ...

A 3.5-million-acre swath of Mojave Desert between Ridgecrest and the Morongo Basin has received a new federal designation that advocates hope will help protect vulnerable wildlife like the Mojave ...

Desert tortoises — the iconic reptile of the Mojave Desert — face plenty of dangers in the wild that scientists say pose long-term threats to the species: ravens, humans and climate change, to name a ...

A federal judge has made 2,200 miles of Western Mojave Desert trails off-limits to off-roading bikers and drivers, in the ...

As they work to give tortoise hatchlings a head start at life and boost the wild population, staff at The Living Desert have a few pieces of advice for anyone hoping to protect desert tortoises in any ...

The California Fish and Game Commission has formally recognized the Mojave desert tortoise as endangered. The designation, granted Thursday, is the latest in a long series of steps to try to protect ...

PHOENIX (AP) — They’re not fluffy, they don’t play fetch and they certainly don’t roll over. But there is such a thing as a lap tortoise. What’s more, pet tortoises can wag their tails, will plod on ...