As many as 1,000 tortoises per square mile once inhabited the Mojave. But by the end of last century, this population of the desert tortoise was listed as a threatened species under the Endangered ...

The Mojave desert tortoise has been listed as threatened at ... outcompeting native plants that the tortoises depend on for food. “Tortoises can starve if too much of their diet is made of ...

The proposed project would occupy just under 2,000 acres directly adjacent to Mojave National Preserve. It would include a substation, access road, realignment of an existing route (Rasor Road), ...

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 ...

Many area residents know Mojave Max from his annual emergence contest, where elementary school students participate in the Punxsutawney Phil-esque tradition of guessing when the desert tortoise ...

Mojave Max, a desert tortoise mascot for the Clark County Desert Conservation Program, is Las Vegas’ Punxsutawney Phil equivalent. Every year, elementary students guess when the famous reptile ...