The dwindling population has been most pronounced in the western Mojave Desert, where a survey found a 54% reduction in the number of animals between 2001 and 2020, representing the loss of ...

The Mojave desert tortoise is listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. The extent of the plants and animals at risk in the York fire are still under investigation, Willoughby said ...

Tortoises in the western Mojave Desert have been hardest hit, according to state wildlife officials. Researchers found a 54% reduction in the number of animals there between 2001 and 2020 ...

The tortoises pockmark the desert floor with burrows that other animals use for shelter ... so plentiful that people driving through the Mojave would take them home to keep as backyard pets.

Other United Catalysts-backed projects include a vibrant 60-foot mural titled “Searchlight Treasures,” which is filled with images of animals that make the Mojave Desert their home ...

Four puppies spent weeks in the Mojave Desert outside of Baker ... Patrol team that stops at nothing to rescue these abandoned animals.” Nevada SPCA say they will be up for adoption.

Some of that has been turned over to Joshua Tree National Park, the Mojave National Preserve and military bases to aid in habitat connectivity for threatened desert tortoise and other animals ...

The area is home to the federally protected desert tortoise, a species that has already seen a significant population decline in the Mojave Desert ... all the other animals that live there.” ...

Ivanpahs’s location in the sweeping, sun-drenched Mojave Desert may have seemed ideal ... a series of measures to protect and relocate the animals, many environmentalists believed the plant ...