Joshua Tree Reptile Haven is a new rescue and non-profit that takes in various reptiles, but focuses on tortoises.

With their protective shell, this now endangered species has survived mass extinctions and lives throughout the world – ...

On the Galapagos’ most developed island, researchers are tracking a growing threat to the millennia-old migration routes of giant tortoises.

Simple wire fencing — miles of it — is being used at Mojave National Preserve in California to protect Desert tortoises, a threatened species, from being runover by vehicles.

Former Coral Springs Mayor Roy Gold will host groups of residents and guests on his monthly nature tour of Sandy Ridge ...

Sheldon, a 10-year-old sulcata tortoise, escaped his outdoor habitat in Wapiti, Wyoming. He trudged a mile uphill into the ...

October 19, 2024 - Desert tortoises are vulnerable to vehicles as they slowly cross Preserve roads, with dozens killed or ...

Dozens of miles of "tortoise fencing" are being installed along roadsides in prime tortoise habitats, officials said.

A federal judge ruled the Bureau of Land Management's off-road plan didn't show how it minimized impacts to the desert ...

An Indianapolis Prize committee announced the 10 finalists for the Emerging Conservationist award, which includes $50,000 to ...

This is the second of a three-part series outlining the history of the Imperial Sand Dunes, the vegetation and wildlife that ...