Following more than three decades of declining numbers, the Mojave desert tortoise has been officially declared an endangered species in California. The California Fish and Game Commission voted ...

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LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - The proposed Rough Hat Clark County Solar Project would take up 2,400 acres of public land in the Pahrump Valley. The area is home to the federally protected desert tortoise, ...

A desert tortoise in the Mojave Desert near Kramer Junction. Located on BLM land near the Highway 58, a biologist estimated it to be 50 years or older. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times) A federal ...

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 ...

A federal judge has partly ruled in favor of environmental groups challenging what one called a vast "spaghetti" network of popular off-road vehicle routes in the Mojave Desert, which they charge are ...

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 ...

The Mojave Desert Tortoise is a famous symbol of the American Southwest and one that faces something of a paradox – while the ...

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 ...