Reporting from Joshua Tree National Park, Calif. — Wildlife biologists say an alarming number of female desert tortoise carcasses found earlier this year just outside the southern edge of Joshua ...

The tortoises — three male and two female — were all recovered earlier this year from private construction sites around Clark County. Scott Cambrin, a senior biologist with Clark County, said ...

Two hundred desert tortoises in Arizona are in search of homes, the state’s Game and Fish Department said. Many Arizonans may not immediately think to adopt a Sonoran desert tortoise instead of ...

"Desert tortoises can live to about 100 years old, so Lucky is in the prime of his life," Otahal explained. "It was important to rescue this tortoise because it takes so much time and energy to ...