As monsoon rains bring much needed water to Arizona's deserts, you may notice some of the state's beloved shell-backed reptiles on the move. State wildlife officials have a message for those who may ...

While driving along a remote powerline road near the California and Nevada border, a critically endangered Mohave Desert ...

Spotting a Mojave Desert tortoise is increasingly difficult in the American Southwest. The tortoises, with their unmistakable domed patterned shells, live in California, parts of Nevada, Arizona and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE: A desert tortoise moves through the Muddy Mountains Wilderness in Nevada. (Scott Smith/Getty Images) Off-roading is now ...

Part of what makes America beautiful is its special creatures like the prehistoric-looking Mojave desert tortoise, whose survival in Nevada is more dire since a federal grant awarded to protect it ...

Solar farms have the potential to solve our energy problems. However, many subtly change the environment around them. Sometimes these changes are beneficial, such as a Chinese solar farm that is ...

California’s Mojave Desert has become the backdrop of choice for many Instagram influencers who dig the aesthetics of Joshua trees and the otherworldly arid landscapes. Joshua Tree National Park now ...

The animals are also vulnerable to a range of deadly diseases such as upper respiratory illnesses and the shell disease cutaneous dyskeratosis, which softens their shells. Finally, as climate change ...

Advent can be a tricky time. I feel pressure to prepare as best I can for Christmas. My scrupulous self cannot help but feel that no matter what I do, I am not doing Advent correctly. I have tried ...

PHOENIX — They’re not fluffy, they don’t play fetch and they certainly don’t roll over. But there is such a thing as a lap tortoise. Dotty the desert tortoise climbs into the lap of Seyda Robertson in ...

The desert tortoise, a once-resilient reptile, is a keystone species in the Mojave Desert, where other animals depend for their survival on the burrows it digs. But it is imperiled in California ...