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 ...

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 Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD) is seeking homes for over 100 non-releasable desert tortoises. With these tortoises soon waking from brumation, the AZGFD encourages Arizona ...

But there is such a thing as a lap tortoise. What’s more ... which means it’s relatively easy to set up a habitat that suits her needs in the Sonoran Desert. Most of her diet consists of ...

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 ...

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 ...

The first of the four hatchlings, all female, began to emerge from its white, hard-shelled egg on Feb. 27, the zoo said. The four hatchlings are part of a clutch of 16 eggs Mommy laid back in November ...

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 ...