You probably know that male members of the deer family — white-tails, elk, and moose — invest a great deal of energy each year growing antlers for one purpose: supremacy that leads to breeding rights.

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A federal judge ordered the Bureau of Land Management to close off-road vehicle trails that cut through tortoise ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In a significant decision that affects off-road vehicle recreation in the western Mojave Desert, a federal judge has prohibited ...

Off-roading is now off-limits on routes spanning 1 million acres of the western Mojave Desert after a six-year legal battle over whether adding thousands of miles of new dirt roads would harm the ...

Desert tortoises began displaying behavior that did not align with long-established patterns. Movements, activity timing, and responses to conditions shifted noticeably. Early explanations minimized ...

In this April 4, 2008 file photo, Marines wait for a desert tortoise to move off the road at the U.S. Marine Corps' Air Ground Combat Center at Twentynine Palms, Calif. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File) (CN ...

MOJAVE MAXINE? This sweet celebrity has the sort of name that lends a headline or magazine cover with instant pizzazz, but here's the twist: She's never going to be followed by the paparazzi, her ...

LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — Nevada transportation officials have completed dozens of tunnels and what are called turnarounds, to protect the federally-protected Mojave desert tortoise population, which is ...

LOS ANGELES — After more than a century of munching on her favorite foods of romaine lettuce and cactus fruit, beloved Galapagos tortoise Gramma, the oldest resident of the San Diego Zoo, has died.

After more than a century of munching on her favorite foods of romaine lettuce and cactus fruit, beloved Galápagos tortoise Gramma, the oldest resident of the San Diego Zoo, has died. Gramma was born ...