Water turtles require more extensive care and are recommended to be kept outdoors to help duplicate it's natural environment, the club said. The turtle needs a large swimming area (a children's pool ...

Long before Southern Nevada built its winding highways, desert tortoises roamed freely without consequence. For these federally protected animals, crossing the street without a dedicated path could ...

A hotly contested solar project that straddles the Nye-Clark County line received its final federal permits to proceed with ...

Millions of dollars are now coming to Nevada to add wildlife crossings for the federally threatened Mojave desert tortoise.

Seth Pettit is a Joshua Tree local and the owner of Mojave Guides. Christina Sanchez is a desert ecologist and bioregional ...

Estuary Power, an energy-generation company that operates in the western U.S., closed a $340 million deal to establish a ...

"The desert tortoise is considered a keystone species, which means that they have a disproportionate effect on the entire ecosystem," says Henen, a civilian who heads the conservation branch of ...

The two tiny tortoises emerged from their burrows as soon as they detected Brian Henen’s footsteps, eager for the handfuls of ...

Long before Southern Nevada built its winding highways, desert tortoises roamed freely without consequence. For these federally protected animals, crossing the street without a dedicated path ...

“The desert tortoise is considered a keystone species, which means that they have a disproportionate effect on the entire ecosystem,” says Henen, a civilian who heads the conservation branch ...

Chuckwalla National Monument is being designated by presidential proclamation today, offering an alternate future for the southernmost California desert as it grapples with climate change and habitat ...

A solar project 38 miles west of Las Vegas was approved on Thursday despite environmental conflicts with the threatened Mojave desert tortoise.