indoor rearing at The Living Desert enables the tortoises to grow to three to five times the size they would at this stage in their native habitat, making them less vulnerable to predation.

The first of the four hatchlings, all female, began to emerge from its white, hard-shelled egg on Feb. 27, the zoo said. The ...

The Center has been working for the Mojave desert tortoise since 1997. Challenging the Bureau of Land Management's grazing practices on arid public lands, we've helped protect millions of acres of ...

It highlights how animals are adapted to their specific habitats, such as sea turtles in water and land tortoises in deserts ... moves differently in the desert compared to the timber rattlesnake ...

Six months ago, San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance (SDWZA) and The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens reintroduced 70 young tortoises to their native habitat, the Mojave Desert. In partnership with ...

said Max was the last of the four tortoises in the preserve’s 15-acre desert tortoise habitat to come out this year, but said it’s not unusual for tortoises to debut at different times.

The project will permanently protect western Joshua tree and desert tortoise habitat near the newly designated Mojave Desert Sentinel Landscape. The 3.5 million acre Mojave Desert Sentinel ...

Temperatures in the Las Vegas Valley may be warming up, but Mojave Max is still missing in action. Mojave Max, the mascot of the Clark County Desert Conservation Program and Nevada’s own ...