Mojave Max has finally emerged from his burrow. The desert tortoise mascot for the Clark County Desert Conservation Program came out of his burrow at the Springs Preserve at 3:09 p.m. Tuesday.

For a quarter-century, the annual contest had been limited to elementary school students in Clark County. This year, ...

Robinson, a Sonoran desert tortoise ... Here's what we know Applicants must submit photos of their burrow, the overall tortoise enclosure, shade areas, placement of a water dish and access ...

Mojave Max, the desert tortoise known as the region's version of Punxsutawney Phil, has yet to emerge from his burrow this year, marking the longest delay on record. Officials at the Springs ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. LAS VEGAS (AP) — A desert tortoise ...

That may seem like a lot of work, but Gleich said once the burrow is built, “they’re pretty low maintenance after that.” Hi, hello! Just your friendly neighborhood desert tortoise comin' in ...

But "ho-hum" does not accurately describe the expected emergence of Mojave Maxine, the celebrated Desert Tortoise of Palm ... farewell and trundle out of her burrow into the sunshine.

Max, the desert tortoise mascot of the Clark County Desert Conservation Program and Southern Nevada’s weather prognosticator, emerged from his burrow on Thursday at 2:09 p.m., the county said in ...

In Arizona where we live, the state runs a captive desert tortoise adoption program ... fashioning a burrow and planting tortoise-friendly flowers. Building the habitat takes time.

Desert Tortoise (Getty Images/Fuse ... She recalled one occasion when she met eyes with a tortoise emerging from a burrow and found the experience "so magical it changed my life.

Here’s why an intact desert landscape matters for the tortoise – and us ... eager to drink from a smooth stone near his summer burrow that would collect water. I walked out to Reliable’s usual summer ...

It was the entrance to a desert tortoise burrow — one of thousands catalogued by her employer, Primergy Solar, during construction of one of the nation’s largest solar farms on public lands ...