Following more than three decades of declining numbers, the Mojave desert tortoise has been officially declared an endangered species in California. The California Fish and Game Commission voted u ...

SAN FRANCISCO— A judge has rejected federal agencies’ approval of activities in the California Desert Conservation Area, including a vast network of off-road vehicle routes in the West Mojave Desert.

The California Fish and Game Commission has formally recognized the Mojave desert tortoise as endangered. The designation, granted Thursday, is the latest in a long series of steps to try to ...

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 ...

As the sunlight stretches into the mid-evening and we begin spending more time outside, even after the sun bids us farewell, ...

For families with kids, there’s an extra benefit of the brumation process, says Lynda Misiak, who administers the desert tortoise permit process in California. “The tortoise is awake ...

Pam Johnson’s family has been part of the Leeds community for generations and previously had a cattle operation that would ...

First Solar has found similar habitat gains in California. Desert tortoises are roaming a 15 MW community solar farm owned by the Valley Electric Association in Nevada thanks to fence openings ...

From the desert to the sea to all of Southern California, the ground keeps shaking ... including the desert tortoise, according to the Bureau of Land Management. Barstow resident Georgia Marshall ...

Otherwise, March and April are the best months for California's state flower. Portions of Fairview Mountain Park transform not only into a wildflower oasis during the early spring but also into a ...

Additionally, California's last wildflower superbloom ... wildflower oasis during the early spring but also into a prime desert tortoise watch site. "You can catch as many as ten desert tortoises ...