Mojave National Preserve officials are continuing their efforts to protect endangered desert tortoises from vehicles with the installation of dozens of miles of roadside "tortoise fencing" in tortoise ...

The desert tortoise was first listed as threatened in 1990.

Death Valley and the Mojave Desert face a triple threat of flash floods, extreme heat, and wildfire risk. Monsoonal storms combined with moisture from Hurricane Lorena are creating unstable weather ...

The Mojave River began rising in the High Desert after water was released from Silverwood Lake during the recent storm, according to state officials.

Deep in the Mojave Desert lies a road that doesn’t appear on most maps. There’s little documentation explaining who built it or why it was needed. The deeper you travel along it, the more puzzling it ...

Mojave Max, the desert tortoise mascot of the Clark County Desert Conservation Program and Southern Nevada’s weather prognosticator, has broken his record for latest emergence for the 2nd time in ...

Nearly 1,000 national park employees were laid off ahead of the busy season as part of President Trump's efforts to downsize the federal government. National park employees receive emails from the ...

Spotting a Mojave Desert tortoise is increasingly difficult in the American Southwest. The tortoises, with their unmistakable domed patterned shells, live in California, parts of Nevada, Arizona and ...