AZGFD Tortoise Adoption Program coordinator, in a news release. "While the Arizona Game and Fish Department strives to keep wildlife wild, captive desert tortoises cannot be released into the wild ...

If you encounter a desert tortoise, keep your distance and avoid disturbing it. Report sightings to AZGFD and call their Desert Tortoise Adoption program at 844-896-5730 if an injured tortoise is ...

How long does it take a large desert tortoise to get to the other side of a Southern Arizona highway? It’s still a mystery, after a state Department of Public Safety trooper recently helped ...

The desert tortoise then emerges again in the spring, signaling the start of warmer weather for southern Nevada. So summer lovers rejoice! Mojave Max made his emergence yesterday. Local ...

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Las Vegas' celebrity weather predicting desert tortoise Mojave Max finally left his Springs Preserve burrow on Thursday, marking a new record for his latest emergence from ...

Mojave Max, the desert tortoise whose annual spring emergence from his underground burrow at the Springs Preserve marks the beginning of spring in Southern Nevada, is awake, but he’s not ready ...

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — After a period of concern for his well-being, Southern Nevada's celebrity desert tortoise finally emerged from his burrow at 2:09 p.m. Thursday, the Las Vegas Springs Preserve ...

The monument lands also provide refuge for more than 50 rare plants and animals, from bighorn sheep, desert tortoise, and burro deer to small burrowing owls and its namesake, the Chuckwalla lizard.

Max, the desert tortoise mascot of the Clark County Desert Conservation Program and Southern Nevada’s weather prognosticator, emerged from his burrow on Thursday at 2:09 p.m., the county said in ...

Activists have expressed alarm at the decision to permit mining in the area which is home to the endangered desert tortoise, as well as some 65 rare plant species. “Essentially, this mine is managing ...

He is to be buried at a family funeral in the grounds of the castle. Powderham has another tortoise named Timmy Two, who is still a youngster at just 65. But there are currently no plans to move him ...