Native to northern Mexico and the southwestern United States, the desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) once roamed all over the vast Mojave and Sonoran deserts, marking the landscape with their ...

Following more than three decades of declining numbers, the Mojave desert tortoise has been officially declared an endangered species in California. The California Fish and Game Commission voted u ...

Seventy critically endangered Mojave desert tortoises are bringing hope to their threatened species. Six months ago, San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance (SDWZA) and The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens ...

Four critically-endangered Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoise babies made their debut at the Philadelphia Zoo on Wednesday ...

WASHINGTON— The Center for Biological Diversity today issued a report identifying 10 endangered animals at risk from the ...

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 ...

Amendments to the Environmental Species Act could “eviscerate” the decades-old law and endanger species on the fringe of ...