When you adopt a desert tortoise, prepare for a surprisingly social and zippy pet Dotty the desert tortoise enjoys a snack of yellow trumpet flowers in Scottsdale, Ariz., on May 4, 2023.

Among the numerous beautiful areas of Joshua Tree National Park is an underrated desert oasis that offers a historic hike and views of wildlife.

A 3.5-million-acre swath of Mojave Desert, between Ridgecrest and the Morongo Basin, has been named a sentinel landscape, a federally led effort to promote sustainable land-use near military ...

The desert tortoise is king in the Mojave. But a coalition of environmentalists says one solar project poses an unacceptable threat to the habitat of the iconic animal, listed as threatened under ...

If found injured or in a populated area, the public can call the Desert Tortoise Adoption hotline at 1-844-896-5730 for guidance and help in determining whether the tortoise may be an escaped pet.

Desert tortoises have lived in the deserts of California, Arizona, Nevada and Utah since the Pleistocene. In the early years of the 20th century, they still thrived within the Southwest's arid ...

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) ...

In this Sept. 3, 2008, file photo, an endangered desert tortoise sits in the middle of a road in the eastern Mojave Desert near Ivanpah, Calif. (Reed Saxon/Associated Press) ...

Officials in Nevada said a desert tortoise named Mojave Max has emerged from his winter burrow at a nature preserve in Las Vegas. Max made his appearance at 3:40 p.m. Monday.