Mojave Max, Southern Nevada’s weather prognosticator, has not yet emerged from his burrow at the Springs Preserve in 2025, ...

Imagine wandering through the blazing, sun-baked stretches of the American Southwest, where life seems impossible, yet the ...

The semi-arid Kalahari Desert stretches over parts of Namibia, South Africa, and Botswana. It’s an ecological wonderland that ...

They hibernate in burrows for up to nine months a year and feast on herbs, grasses and cactuses. Status: Desert tortoise populations have fallen by 90% since 1970. The Mojave population was protected ...

The vast, treeless expanses of these desert regions have shaped the evolution of ... ground squirrels, badgers, tortoises, and other burrowing mammals. These adopted homes typically extend 4-10 feet ...

The desert tortoise is a slow-moving but remarkably tough survivor. During the hottest months, it avoids the worst of the heat by spending up to 95% of its life underground in burrows. These burrows ...

Tucked away in the back of the Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo, 10 rescued gopher tortoises spend their days grazing and ...

When fire destroyed the Eaton Canyon Nature Center and its trails, it also killed 25 of the facility's animal ambassadors, ...

Luckily, two slumbering desert tortoises survived thanks to the help of a longtime animal lover. Kenia Estrella has been working with animals since she was 17 years old. "I started with Los ...

Phoenix is unveiling new art installations at public parks across the city in coming weeks. The structures are not just art ...

Since being adopted from a rescue in 2019, Darwin has endeared himself to his owners, extended family and neighbors.

“We did have a gopher tortoise population in the park, but it was limited, 8 known burrows at that time. After Helene, we started to find tortoise out on our beaches, quickly realized it wasn ...