The desert tortoise was first listed as threatened in 1990.
The Biden administration previously blocked the proposed 4.3-mile highway through the Red Cliffs National Conservation Area — ...
Six local, Utah-based and national conservation groups sued the Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As monsoon rains bring much needed water to Arizona’s deserts, you may notice some of the state’s beloved shell-backed reptiles on ...
The judge issued an injunction at the request of environmental advocates who had prevailed two years ago on the merits of their lawsuit against the Bureau of Land Management.
With the Northern Corridor Highway approved in Southern Utah, some of Utah's slower and smaller residents could be affected: ...
A federal judge has prohibited off-road vehicle use in critical habitat for desert tortoises in California’s western Mojave ...
The Fish and Wildlife Service proposal would ease permitting for projects that could harm the threatened species in an area with significant development possibilities. A long-awaited conservation plan ...
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 ...
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 ...
PHOENIX — It’s a rainy morning when tortoises at the Adobe Mountain Wildlife Center are taken from their dens for health evaluations. The sleepy, muddy creatures might not be too happy with the ...