For a quarter-century, the annual contest had been limited to elementary school students in Clark County. This year, ...

For the past 25 years, only students in the Clark County School District have been able to participate in the Mojave Max ...

Mojave Max has finally emerged from his burrow. The desert tortoise mascot for the Clark County Desert Conservation Program came out of his burrow at the Springs Preserve at 3:09 p.m. Tuesday.

Max, the desert tortoise mascot of the Clark County Desert Conservation Program and Southern Nevada’s weather prognosticator, emerged from his burrow on Thursday at 2:09 p.m., the county said in ...

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — After a period of concern for his well-being, Southern Nevada's celebrity desert tortoise finally emerged from his burrow at 2:09 p.m. Thursday, the Las Vegas Springs Preserve ...

But "ho-hum" does not accurately describe the expected emergence of Mojave Maxine, the celebrated Desert Tortoise of Palm ... farewell and trundle out of her burrow into the sunshine.

Desert Tortoise (Getty Images/Fuse ... She recalled one occasion when she met eyes with a tortoise emerging from a burrow and found the experience "so magical it changed my life.

Here’s why an intact desert landscape matters for the tortoise – and us ... eager to drink from a smooth stone near his summer burrow that would collect water. I walked out to Reliable’s usual summer ...

Robinson, a Sonoran desert tortoise ... Here's what we know Applicants must submit photos of their burrow, the overall tortoise enclosure, shade areas, placement of a water dish and access ...

That may seem like a lot of work, but Gleich said once the burrow is built, “they’re pretty low maintenance after that.” Hi, hello! Just your friendly neighborhood desert tortoise comin' in ...

It was the entrance to a desert tortoise burrow — one of thousands catalogued by her employer, Primergy Solar, during construction of one of the nation’s largest solar farms on public lands ...