While NDOW is responsible for the testing of wild birds and animals, the Nevada Department of Agriculture along with the USDA are also performing aggressive testing in domestic birds and animals.

J Goicoechea, Director of the Nevada Department of Agriculture. Dr. Goicoechea says the fight against bird flu is daunting.

Absent intervention by state wildlife officials, Nevada’s state animal, the desert bighorn sheep ... and suggested the species needs to be managed to reduce predation on deer and sheep.

“Along with killing thousands of birds and tortoises, the project’s construction destroyed irreplaceable pristine desert habitat along with numerous rare plant species," Dowell said.

Meanwhile, environmentalists continue to blame the Mojave Desert plant for killing thousands of birds and tortoises. The Ivanpah solar power plant formally opened in 2014 on roughly 5 square miles of ...

He said the latest batch of released hatchlings are on top of the 32 hatchlings that emerged from the relocated sea turtle eggs last December, guarded to keep them safe during high tide and protect ...

This area contains the highest density of desert tortoises in the 700-million-acre Colorado Desert and is critical for the species’ recovery, according to state officials. The Chuckwalla Bench ...

BACK TO THE WILD. Officials and residents of Curimao, Ilocos Norte release at least 35 pawikan (sea turtle) hatchlings to their natural habitat on Wednesday (Jan. 29, 2025) in Barangay Paguludan. 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 ...

President Trump on Saturday touted his campaign promise for tax-free tips and thanked Nevada voters for delivering his win as he stopped for a victory lap in the battleground state that flipped ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A community in southern Madagascar has pulled together to save thousands of critically endangered tortoises swept away from their sanctuary and left swimming for ...

President Donald Trump is set to make the first official trip of his second term, which will include a stop in Nevada. The trip kicks off this Friday with a visit to North Carolina, followed by ...