Desert tortoises have lived in the deserts of California, Arizona, Nevada and Utah since the Pleistocene. In the early years of the 20th century, they still thrived within the Southwest's arid ...

I helped by connecting with local food businesses throughout the Coachella ... to change their daily habits rarely is, but with the desert tortoise on the decline the TLD campaign effort felt ...

The Mojave desert tortoise has been listed as threatened ... outcompeting native plants that the tortoises depend on for food. “Tortoises can starve if too much of their diet is made of grass ...

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 ...

Mojave Max, a desert tortoise mascot for the Clark County Desert Conservation Program, is Las Vegas’ Punxsutawney Phil equivalent. Every year, elementary students guess when the famous reptile ...