Among the organizations that submitted protest comments were Nye County, the Sierra Club, the Center for Biological Diversity and the Desert Tortoise Council. All were denied or dismissed.

An unlikely friendship between a cat and two tortoises has pulled on TikTok users' heartstrings. Racking up over 108,000 views, the clip shows the moment a tuxedo cat called Bob was caught red ...

A million years ago, a species known as Homo erectus most likely survived in an arid desert with no trees. By Carl Zimmer Chimpanzees live only in African rainforests and woodlands. Orangutans ...

With the help of her boyfriend, Doran also saved her family’s pets. That included rescuing her 175-pound tortoise Tiptoe – whose stories Doran shares on her social media accounts. Once safely ...

TWENTYNINE PALMS Marine Corps base, Calif. — The two tiny tortoises emerged from their burrows as soon as they detected Brian Henen’s footsteps, eager for the handfuls of bok choy and snap peas that ...

Some 100,000 giant tortoises (Aldabrachelys gigantea) range across Aldabra Atoll in the Seychelles. David Stanley from Nanaimo, Canada, CC BY 2.0 https ...

Thanks to nearly $17 million from the US Dept of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration, NDOT will be working to protect the mojave desert tortoise. The tortoise you might know – Mojave Max – ...

The $932 million project includes a second tunnel and a series of bridges and high mountain roads that will link Kashmir with Ladakh, a cold desert region nestled between India, Pakistan and China ...

TWENTYNINE PALMS Marine Corps base, Calif. — The two tiny tortoises emerged from their burrows as soon as they detected Brian Henen’s footsteps, eager for the handfuls of bok choy and snap ...

Obasa was impeached on Monday, however, the details of his impeachment are still sketchy. The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has been impeached for gross misconduct ...

The IAF's 120th "Desert Giants" Squadron, previously known as "The International Squadron," has participated in several historic missions. Its first major mission was to drop supplies to Yemen's ...

Their population growth due to trash leads to increased predation on juvenile desert tortoises, whose shells aren’t fully hardened. By packing out your trash and any you see left behind ...