The intrigue: California has its own forecaster: Mojave Maxine, a desert tortoise at The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens in Palm Desert. Reality check: Do people in San Diego — or other warmer ...

SAN FRANCISCO— A judge has rejected federal agencies’ approval of activities in the California Desert Conservation Area, including a vast network of off-road vehicle routes in the West Mojave Desert.

For families with kids, there’s an extra benefit of the brumation process, says Lynda Misiak, who administers the desert tortoise permit process in California. “The tortoise is awake ...

For the desert tortoise, an approximately 1-foot-long reptile found in desert valleys across California and the American Southwest, a full lifespan can be up to 80 years. So while the Mojave ...

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

The California Fish and Game Commission has formally recognized the Mojave desert tortoise as endangered. The designation, granted April 18, is the latest in a long series of steps to try to ...

called it a “major victory for California’s desert wildlife.” “The desert tortoise is in terrible shape, especially in the West Mojave, where it’s in the worst shape. And it’s partly ...

Dozens of miles of "tortoise fencing" are being installed along roadsides in prime tortoise habitats, officials said.

California Native Plant Society, Defenders of Wildlife and the Desert Tortoise Council, sued the federal agencies in 2021 over the 2019 West Mojave Route Network Project, which they said had ...

The desert tortoise was granted California "endangered species" status by the California Fish and Game Commission in April following three decades of declining numbers. The species had previously ...