The King Cobra, the world's longest venomous snake, dominates with its size and potent neurotoxic venom, preying on other snakes. In contrast, the Desert Kingsnake, smaller and non-venomous ...

Another effort to help save the Mohave desert tortoise is being proposed, this time with the proposed removal of several hundred burros from within the Tass-Gold Butte Herd Management Area 60 ...

Federal judge rules off-road plan illegal, environmentalists see victory for desert tortoise A Tuesday ruling finds 6,000 miles of dirt roads set aside for motorized recreation ignored studies ...

How long does it take a large desert tortoise to get to the other side of a southern Arizona highway?

C A I R O, Egypt, Aug. 31 -- A tortoise laboriously pulls itself up toa thorny shrub in the arid desert, slowly plucking at theplant’s stems in an attempt to suck out any moisture. The barren ...

A sulcata tortoise escaped its habitat at an ostrich ranch and attempted to cross Interstate 10 before being rescued by Arizona state troopers.

The Desert Tortoise Adoption Program at the Arizona Game and Fish Department is seeking homes for over 100 desert tortoises.

PICACHO, Ariz. (AP) — How long does it take a large desert tortoise to get to the other side of a southern Arizona highway? It’s still a mystery, after a state Department of Public Safety ...

Mojave Max, the desert tortoise, has emerged from his burrow in southern Nevada, signaling the start of warmer weather for the area.

PICACHO, Ariz. — How long does it take a large desert tortoise to get to the other side of a southern Arizona highway? It’s still a mystery, after a state Department of Public Safety trooper ...

An Arizona Department of Public Safety trooper rescued a tortoise named Stitch from a highway after it had escaped from an ostrich farm 3 miles away.