The desert tortoise is Nevada’s state ... At lower temperatures, most hatchlings will be male, while at higher temperatures, most will be female. As a desert adaptation, the tortoises can ...

A Las Vegas nonprofit wants to stop the backyard breeding of tortoises. Tortoise Group Board Chair, Laura Deitsch, says right ...

“Single female seeks relationship with strong male willing to fight to protect her. Must enjoy flowers, long slow walks and cuddling up in desert caves.” The tortoise biologists dubbed ...

This stretch of prime tortoise habitat is home to solar ... have a whole set of baby tortoises come out as all male or all female. A warming desert could tip the biological scales.

Nevada’s most famous desert ... acre tortoise habitat at the Springs Preserve was built to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service specifications in 2015 and populated with five tortoises, one male ...

Eight decades ago, the vast Mojave Desert ... tortoise populations in California and outside designated recovery areas have fallen to 2 to 3 adults per square mile — too few for male and female ...

Wearing rubber gloves, Drake picked up the old female California desert tortoise and moved ... of the lake near where a hefty radio-collared male tortoise, known as "No. 4164" and "Thor," relaxed ...

The Boulder City Conservation Easement welcomed five new desert tortoises Tuesday in ... The tortoises — three male and two female — were all recovered earlier this year from private ...

Biologists in Las Vegas think a wet and cold winter kept the soil temperature cool at the tortoise's burrow longer this year. (Clark County Desert Conservation Program via AP) (Uncredited ...