The typical seasonal timeframe for the Mojave National Preserve is December to June, but it can change due to weather conditions, project needs or funding, the National Park Service stated. The Mojave ...

The San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance and The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens have reintroduced 70 critically endangered Mojave desert tortoises to their native habitat on Edwards Air Force Base. 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 ...

The Mojave Desert Land Trust announced all-round conservation wins for the California desert in its 2023 annual report. The nonprofit organization’s report also outlined “bold action” to preserve two ...

(CNN) — Inside a Mojave aster flower, a tiny bee is fast asleep. At night, the pale lavender petals close, providing a safe resting place. In the morning, as birdsong rings out across the desert, the ...

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - The proposed Rough Hat Clark County Solar Project would take up 2,400 acres of public land in the Pahrump Valley. The area is home to the federally protected desert tortoise, ...

The Ranch Fire near Apple Valley has burned over 4,200 acres and impacted a portion of the Mojave Desert Land Trust's Rock Springs Ranch Preserve. The 592-acre preserve, acquired in 2019 to prevent ...

In southern Nevada’s Valley of Fire State Park sandstone arches and sweeping dunes glow under the sun like another world. It ...

Imagine a scene in a movie about the Old West, where the characters are in a desperate search for water in the desert, stumbling across a barren landscape under a scorching sun, and carrying an empty ...

1999 – The Center filed a notice of intent to sue over the gigantic Cima Cinder Mine, which destroyed large portions of desert tortoise critical habitat and annually stripped away 7,500 tons of cinder ...