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 move. State wildlife officials have a message for those who may ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Wildlife Hospital and Conservation Center staff care for desert tortoise hatchlings Thursday at The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens ...

What has four scaly legs and spends 90% of its life underground? It could be your new pet. The Arizona Game and Fish Department’s desert tortoise adoption program began last week with more than 300 ...

A wildlife biologist sent Channel 13 video of a Desert Tortoise wandering into a construction site and wondered, are the ...

State wildlife officials are looking for new homes in Arizona for surrendered desert tortoises. The Arizona Game and Fish Department said in a mid-May Facebook post that rows of captive desert ...

Need a companion for the next half-century? The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources has just the solution: a Mojave desert tortoise. Utah’s Desert Tortoise Adoption Program is looking to place 15 of ...

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 ...

Picking up a tortoise you encounter in the desert to get a closer look can cause the individual to lose precious water.

Part of what makes America beautiful is its special creatures like the prehistoric-looking Mojave desert tortoise, whose survival in Nevada is more dire since a federal grant awarded to protect it ...

California’s Mojave Desert has become the backdrop of choice for many Instagram influencers who dig the aesthetics of Joshua trees and the otherworldly arid landscapes. Joshua Tree National Park now ...

Behind the fences surrounding this 40-square-mile outback of cactus and wiry creosote, the largest remaining population of Mojave desert tortoises was soaking up the morning sun and grazing on a mix ...

Wisconsin voters on Tuesday will decide the whether the state Supreme Court will have a conservative or liberal majority. The outcome will likely determine abortion access, election law and whether a ...