Desert tortoises have lived in the deserts of California, Arizona, Nevada and Utah since the Pleistocene ... this population of the desert tortoise was listed as a threatened species under the ...

Long before Southern Nevada built its winding ... Under the Endangered Species Act, the federal government listed Mojave desert tortoises as threatened in 1990. The project area includes the ...

As part of a planned 2,400-acre solar project southwest of Pahrump, developer Candela Renewables will temporarily relocate 114 adult desert tortoises — a species, listed as threatened under the ...

meaning the unofficial race is still on for which tortoise will wake up first. Who are Nevada’s tort-fluencers? Carson, a desert tortoise, checks out his new digs at the Governor's Mansion in ...

some of whom wrote a letter in March to urge federal officials to cancel the process because of impacts to the desert tortoise, listed as threatened under the federal Endangered Species Act.

The two tiny tortoises emerged from their burrows as soon as they detected Brian Henen’s footsteps, eager for the handfuls of bok choy and snap peas that would soon be tossed their way.

Long before Southern Nevada built its winding highways, desert tortoises roamed freely without consequence. For these federally protected animals, crossing the street without a dedicated path ...