After years of living pet-free (save one vicious betta fish), my family and I decided to adopt a captive desert tortoise. Fittingly, it was a slow and steady process. In Arizona where we live ...

Your Artstor image groups were copied to Workspace. The Artstor website will be retired on Aug 1st. Human-Wildlife Interactions Vol. 15, No. 3, Winter 2021 A desert tortoise–common raven viable co ...

The turtle - Stupendemys geographicus - is believed to have roamed the region between 13 and 7 million years ago. The fossils were found in Colombia's Tatacoa Desert and Venezuela's Urumaco region.

The environmental groups, which also include the Sierra Club, Desert Survivors, California Native Plant Society, Defenders of Wildlife and the Desert Tortoise Council, sued the federal agencies in ...

But by the end of last century, this population of the desert tortoise was listed as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. Livestock grazing and urban development, along with the ever ...

Mojave National Preserve officials are continuing their efforts to protect endangered desert tortoises from vehicles with the ...

Robinson, a Sonoran desert tortoise, has become a favorite among Arizona Game and Fish Department staff. Known for his curious nature, he likes to follow people, moseying over their shoes and ...

For the desert tortoise, an approximately 1-foot-long reptile found in desert valleys across California and the American Southwest, a full lifespan can be up to 80 years. So while the Mojave ...