As monsoon rains bring much needed water to Arizona’s deserts, you may notice some of the state’s beloved shell-backed reptiles on the move. State wildlife officials have a message for those who may ...

Seven years of carefully planned habitat restoration on private land in the Mojave Desert have yielded hope for the persistence of the endangered Amargosa vole. In early August, a photograph from a ...

Two young rhinos soon will be joining The Living Desert family, moving into a new $17 million, 4-acre habitat that's under construction just inside the zoo’s entrance. Rhino Savanna will be a ...

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - They are a protected under the federal government’s Endangered Species Act. The Desert Tortoise population is making a gradual comeback after it’s population dropped by as ...

This paper describes an interdisciplinary study of the habitat requirements of threatened desert tortoises (Gopherus agassizii) on eight 225-ha study plots in a 14 000 ha study area near the southern ...

Wildfires burned 24,254 ha of critical habitat designated for the recovery of the threatened Mojave desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) in southern Nevada during 2005. The proliferation of non-native ...

An indicator of ecological health of Southern California’s desert landscapes may lie in a beetle smaller than your pinky finger. The Casey’s June beetle not only plays a crucial role in the ecosystem ...

“About Habitats: Deserts” by Cathryn Sill, illustrated by John Sill, 2007, Peachtree Publishers, $16.95, hardbound, 41 pages: Before the text even begins, “Deserts” displays a nifty color map ...

A lot has changed in the Morongo Basin over the past 15 years. Joshua Tree National Park’s annual visitation has increased from around 1.2 million people in 2006 to nearly 3 million people in 2019.

With openings in the fence and improved growth of plants vital for tortoise survival, solar farms in Nevada can provide better habitat than the surrounding desert. First Solar has found similar ...