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 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 ...

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), ...

Temperatures in the Las Vegas Valley may be warming up, but Mojave Max is still missing ... live with him in the preserve’s 15-acre desert tortoise habitat. Smith said Max will need to feel ...

17, a magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 10 miles north-northeast of Barstow in the Mojave Desert ... A variety of desert adapted wildlife are found here, including the desert tortoise, according ...