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 ...

Mojave Max, the desert tortoise who heralds spring’s arrival in Southern Nevada, has officially emerged from his winter burrow according to the Clark County Desert Conservation Program.

By most accounts, it's a perfect Southern Nevada spring day ... that's not enough to wake up desert tortoises from brumation—a reptile's version of hibernation. Smith says our overnight ...

Last summer, federal wildlife biologists relocated 139 Mojave desert tortoises from a solar farm that was under construction near Pahrump, in southern Nevada. Less than three weeks later ...

and another desert tortoise emerge from their burrow, Monday, April 24, 2023, at the Desert Preserve in Las Vegas. Officials in Nevada say the emergence was the latest since 2000 for the critter ...

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - Millions of dollars are now coming to Nevada to add wildlife crossings for the federally threatened Mojave desert tortoise. The U.S. Department of Transportation is ...

Mojave Max paid a special visit to a local school on Monday.Local elementary school students participated in a contest to ...

The Mojave population of desert tortoises, according to the agency, includes all tortoises north and west of the Colorado River in Arizona, Utah, Nevada and California.

The animals Wolf watches after are Sonoran Desert tortoises. But in nearby California and Nevada, the Mojave Desert tortoise population is in drastic decline. It’s officially listed as a ...

In 2020, Defenders of Wildlife, Desert Tortoise Council and Desert Tortoise ... Arizona, Utah and Nevada. They feed on grasses, cacti, herbs and wildflowers. They hibernate for up to nine months ...