Off-roading is now off-limits on routes spanning 1 million acres of the western Mojave Desert after a six-year legal battle ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As monsoon rains bring much needed water to Arizona’s deserts, you may notice some of the state’s beloved shell-backed reptiles on ...

A federal judge has ordered off-highway vehicle riders to steer clear of more than 2,200 miles of proposed routes through ...

With the Northern Corridor Highway approved in Southern Utah, some of Utah's slower and smaller residents could be affected: ...

The judge issued an injunction at the request of environmental advocates who had prevailed two years ago on the merits of their lawsuit against the Bureau of Land Management.

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 ...

The Fish and Wildlife Service proposal would ease permitting for projects that could harm the threatened species in an area with significant development possibilities. A long-awaited conservation plan ...

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 ...

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 ...

PHOENIX — It’s a rainy morning when tortoises at the Adobe Mountain Wildlife Center are taken from their dens for health evaluations. The sleepy, muddy creatures might not be too happy with the ...

Living in Arizona comes with many perks, from enjoying the red rocks of Sedona, basking in the year-round warm weather or taking in the beauty of the classic Saguaro cactus. However, one uniquely ...

More than 300 animals are available this year, mostly because people illegally breed them at home. Stick your neck out and adopt a desert tortoise What has four scaly legs and spends 90% of its life ...