Tortoise eggs stop developing when the ... Juvenile tortoises use their size to blend in with small rocks found in the desert to deter predators. Merrick said the area is also desirable for ...

To ward off predators, they spew pungent bladder contents ... dent in the declining tortoise population. Back at the Desert Tortoise Research Natural Area, LaVelle and other researchers are ...

However, one uniquely Arizonan experience may not instantly come to mind: Adopting a Sonoran Desert tortoise ... than they would in the wild, due to predators and habitat loss.

Tom Radzio with a Mojave Desert tortoise which has been fitted with ... increasing attacks by predators, and getting hit by cars are all factors that have played a role in the steady decline ...

The long list of threats — urbanization, predators ... they might snatch up a tortoise, he said. One of the population's strongholds has long been Red Cliffs Desert Reserve, 97 square miles ...

Ozzy the Desert Tortoise lives at the Lake Superior Zoo ... because they can’t rely on speed to protect themselves from predators. The shell does some of that work, however.

As solar energy farms continue to pop up across the Mojave Desert, some residents are being squeezed out of their homes: the threatened desert tortoise ... at risk against predators like badgers ...

as well as from natural predators. Baby desert tortoise shells are soft until age 3, so they are easy prey for ravens. It is estimated that five out of 100 hatchlings survive to adulthood.

In the Mojave Desert, ravens are threatening tortoise populations, pushing conservationists to find an innovative solution. Enter the robotic tortoise—designed to scare off predators and reshape ...

The animals are also vulnerable to a range of deadly diseases such as upper respiratory illnesses and the shell disease cutaneous dyskeratosis, which softens their shells. Finally, as climate ...

ST. GEORGE — Another effort to help save the Mohave desert tortoise is being proposed, this time with the proposed removal of several hundred burros from within the Tass-Gold Butte Herd ...

Sonoran Desert tortoises (Gopherus ... from the cold and protected from predators. Game and Fish offers detailed instructions on constructing a tortoise burrow on their website.