The Mojave Desert is a hot spot for off-roading. Here's why a judge shut down more than 2,200 miles of trails

The Bureau of Land Management was ordered to close down popular off-roading trails in parts of the Mojave in order to protect ...
Arizona Daily Star

Desert tortoise numbers continue to decline

SALT LAKE CITY — It's been 18 years since the federal government decided to protect the shy, slow-moving Mojave desert tortoise, and wildlife officials fear little has been accomplished. "We know for ...
NBC Bay Area

Spring hasn't sprung, not before this famous desert tortoise says so

MOJAVE MAXINE? This sweet celebrity has the sort of name that lends a headline or magazine cover with instant pizzazz, but here's the twist: She's never going to be followed by the paparazzi, her ...
Arizona Daily Star

Study using GPS to track Sonoran desert tortoises

SCOTTSDALE — Sonoran desert tortoises are built for the desert. With their short legs and tough shell, they slowly but skillfully traverse Arizona’s rocky terrain and, like goats, can get to places ...
FOX5 Las Vegas

Nevada continues installing tortoise tunnels to protect endangered desert species

LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — Nevada transportation officials have completed dozens of tunnels and what are called turnarounds, to protect the federally-protected Mojave desert tortoise population, which is ...

A highway through tortoise habitat? What the Northern Corridor’s revival means for southern Utah

The feds and environmental groups reignite a decades-long fight over how much development a conservation area — and the ...
WUWF

Protecting gopher tortoises: What recent studies mean for Northwest Florida

As development continues across Northwest Florida, research, permitting, and on-the-ground conservation remain tightly ...