Over 100 desert tortoises at the Arizona Game and Fish Department seek a home where they can happily crawl around and burrow ...

Mojave Max has finally emerged from his burrow. The desert tortoise mascot for the Clark County Desert Conservation Program came out of his burrow at the Springs Preserve at 3:09 p.m. Tuesday.

That's because these tortoises are also known as "ecosystem engineers" due to the ways in which they reshape the landscape. "They are one of the few species in the desert that dig deep burrows ...

Human-made burrows can be built out of large PVC pipes ... who administers the desert tortoise permit process in California. “The tortoise is awake, they play with it, they get tired of it ...

The tortoises have proved the experts right; the reptiles have survived their first winter six months after returning to the desert and are emerging from their self-constructed burrows ...

where elementary school students participate in the Punxsutawney Phil-esque tradition of guessing when the desert tortoise will emerge from his burrow after brumation (hibernation for reptiles ...

(FOX5) - Still no sign of Mojave Max our Desert Tortoises and weather prognosticator ... The last two years Max has come out of his burrow on just a day apart in April. The earliest day he ever ...

DESCRIPTION: The desert tortoise is terrestrial, with an oblong ... The tortoise has flattened forelegs that are heavily scaled and specifically adapted for burrowing. Toes are not webbed, females ...

They include burrowing owls and half a dozen other ... At risk species recorded in the area include the endangered Mojave desert tortoise, American badger and the Golden eagle.

Nickens and Merlin eagerly waited, and watched, outside a female tarantula's burrow—to no avail—for ... have bought Merlin's Field Guide to Desert Holes. Published two years ago by the Arizona ...