The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum found a home for a 20-year-old desert tortoise at Manzo Elementary School on Friday. About 300 people gathered in the courtyard of the west-side school, 855 N. Melrose ...

PHOENIX — The Desert Tortoise Adoption Program at the Arizona Game and Fish Department is seeking homes for over 100 desert tortoises. The tortoises are set to wake up from brumation, which is a ...

In this image taken from a video monitor, Mojave Max, top, and another desert tortoise emerge from their burrow, Monday, April 24, 2023, at the Desert Preserve in Las Vegas. (Clark County Desert ...

Arizona Game and Fish Department is even using Mother’s Day in its pitch to find homes for more than 100 Sonoran desert tortoises. A Sonoran desert tortoise would be a great gift for mom, a news ...

Each year the Arizona Game and Fish Department adopts out countless numbers of captive desert tortoises that are surrendered to the department. Unfortunately, they cannot be released back into the ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KVOA) – Arizona Game and Fish has launched a statewide adoption drive to find homes for Sonoran Desert Tortoises. Wildlife biologists with AZGFD say there have been fewer winter ...

Living in Arizona comes with many perks, from enjoying the red rocks of Sedona, basking in the year-round warm weather or taking in the beauty of the classic Saguaro cactus. However, one uniquely ...

Oohs and aahhs filled the Victoria Public Library’s Bronte Room as special guest Joseph the Tortoise took center stage. A group of nervous yet eager children formed a line to pet Joseph’s shell.

SAN FRANCISCO— A judge has rejected federal agencies’ approval of activities in the California Desert Conservation Area, including a vast network of off-road vehicle routes in the West Mojave Desert.

The Mojave Desert Preserve is hiring seasonal Biological Science Technicians to assist with desert tortoise conservation. The Mojave desert tortoise was declared endangered in California in 2024 after ...