Tortoise Mojave Max is still in brumation ... the valley's version of Punxsutawney Phil, waiting in his burrow to proclaim spring. Desert tortoises like Max sleep for four or five months before ...

Robinson, a Sonoran desert tortoise ... Applicants must submit photos of their burrow, the overall tortoise enclosure, shade ...

Of the four, an adult male and female were last located together in a burrow while a ‘sub-adult ... with the Fish and Wildlife Service. The desert tortoise, the service said, “is a long ...

that means it’s time to guess when Mojave Max will emerge from his burrow. Mojave Max, a desert tortoise mascot for the Clark County Desert Conservation Program, is Las Vegas’ Punxsutawney ...

Max’s current burrow is also deep in the ground ... tortoises that live with him in the preserve’s 15-acre desert tortoise habitat. Smith said Max will need to feel the temperature changes ...