But by the end of last century, this population of the desert tortoise was listed as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. Livestock grazing and urban development, along with the ever ...

A Tuesday ruling finds 6,000 miles of dirt roads set aside for motorized recreation ignored studies showing high death rates ...

Recognizing the dire straits, the California Fish and Game Commission in April voted to uplist desert tortoises from threatened to endangered. The Marines are hardly the only threat to tortoises.

Recognizing the dire straits, the California Fish and Game Commission in April voted to uplist desert tortoises from threatened to endangered. The Marines are hardly the only threat to tortoises.

Recognizing the dire straits, the California Fish and Game Commission in April voted to uplist desert tortoises from threatened to endangered. The Marines are hardly the only threat to tortoises.

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

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

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

Under the Endangered Species Act, the federal government listed Mojave desert tortoises as threatened in 1990. The project area includes the last unfenced portion of what the U.S. Fish and ...

The elaborate setup on the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center is designed to protect the tortoises not only from ravens, coyotes and other predators, but from rumbling tanks, live explosives and ...

“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 ...