The Mojave Desert Preserve is hiring seasonal Biological Science Technicians to assist with desert tortoise conservation. The Mojave desert tortoise was declared endangered in California in 2024 after ...

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Two wildlife crossings are proposed for State Route 62 to reduce the hundreds of annual animal deaths. The crossings would improve safety for both animals and drivers, as wildlife-vehicle collisions ...

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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 ...

“From June on to November the Mojave Desert lies hot, still, unbearable … sick … where dust devils dance, whirling up into a wide, pale sky” — Mary Austin ...

Some believe the desert is silent. They picture a vast mute nothing, hot enough to grill a steak on your vehicle’s hood and dry enough to chap your soul. They think of scorched plains, scrubby plants ...

Roughly 740,000 acres of the Mojave Desert comprise California's newest national monument in Riverside and Imperial counties. Chuckwalla National Monument was established in mid-January by outgoing ...

Mojave Max, the desert tortoise mascot of the Clark County Desert Conservation Program and Southern Nevada’s weather prognosticator, has broken his record for latest emergence for the 2nd time in ...