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 ...

Turtles are fascinating creatures because they can live as long as humans, sometimes even longer. Their slow-moving ...

the Sonoyta mud turtle has evolved to be highly aquatic in one of the driest parts of the Sonoran Desert. Diversion of surface water and pumping of groundwater have led to the loss of much of the ...

Tortoises, however, are often good swimmers. Turtles are among the most endangered vertebrates. Habitat destruction, illegal collection, water contamination, and massive harvesting of wild turtles are ...

It can survive for twelve months without any food. It must be starving! Amazing! So, desert habitats are dry and have very little water. Ooh I'm thirsty, I need a drink! Desert habitats are ...

More than 150 different mammals, reptiles, amphibians and fish, including coyotes, mule deer, desert box turtles, checkered garter snakes ... near the river systematically to create various habitats ...

Paradoxically, the effort to reduce planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions by expanding solar energy has also created some tensions for desert habitats. In the Mojave, the 2013 arrival of the ...

A woman from China pleaded guilty on Friday to attempting to smuggle 29 eastern box turtles, a protected species, across a Vermont lake into Canada by kayak. Wan Yee Ng, 41, was arrested on the ...

There are four trails that wind through the numerous habitats populated by more than ... Asian elephants, three-toed box turtles and Mexican gray wolves. Take younger tots to the Red Barn petting ...

The desert box turtle lives in Southwest Texas. ©Sue in az / public domain – Original / License This turtle has a black or brown dome-shaped shell with yellow or orange spots and stripes.