In Southern California, the two most common species are the Mojave blonde tarantula Aphonopelma iodius, which resides in the Mojave Desert area, and the California ebony tarantula Aphonopelma ...

The Mojave Desert Land Trust is working to scout, catalogue, collect and preserve millions of seeds from 250 species and counting in a race to save an ecosystem.

The Mojave Desert tortoise has long been considered a threatened species, but in June, California declared it endangered.