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California's Mojave desert tortoises move toward extinction. Why saving them is so hard
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA desert tortoise crawls along the sands of the Desert Tortoise Research Natural Area in California...
California designates Mojave desert tortoise as endangered
KTLA articles via Yahoo News· 2 months agoAn iconic Southern California desert dweller is now formally recognized by the State of California...
California has officially listed the desert tortoise as endangered. Will it be enough to save them?
Salon via Yahoo News· 1 month ago(Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) Native to northern Mexico and the southwestern...
Mojave desert tortoise officially joins California's endangered list
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 month agoA desert tortoise in the Desert Tortoise Research Natural Area in California City in 2022. (Irfan...
Mojave desert tortoise named a California endangered species
Victorville Daily Press via Yahoo News· 1 month agoFollowing more than three decades of declining numbers, the Mojave desert tortoise has been...
Baby desert tortoises come to Living Desert for ‘head start’ before returning to the wild
The Desert Sun via Yahoo News· 7 months agoDesert tortoises — the iconic reptile of the Mojave Desert — face plenty of dangers in the wild that...
Dead tortoises, a suicide and a car chase. The story of Joshua Tree Tortoise Rescue's last days
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoOn a gray December day in California, Amy Keeler pulled her Subaru up to a chain link-fenced patch...
Desert tortoise habitat cited in request to kill solar project south of Pahrump
KLAS articles via Yahoo News· 3 months agoLAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Building a new electric grid is a slow process, but it’s moving too fast for the...
Here’s how you can meet a desert tortoise — without shelling out any money
KTVX via Yahoo News· 2 months agoCEDAR CITY, Utah (ABC4) — The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources announced Tuesday that it is...
California has its own forecaster for the arrival of spring — and it’s not a groundhog
KSWB articles via Yahoo News· 4 months agoPALM DESERT, Calif. (FOX 5/ KUSI) — A tortoise that resides in a California desert is believed to...