Robinson, a Sonoran desert tortoise, has become a favorite among ... People can build one of two types of burrows: A pipe ...

Desert tortoises are herbivores and munch on Bermuda ... from the schoolyard to hand-feed to her. But there are other types of tortoises that people keep as pets. One popular variety is the ...

What was once the largest solar power plant of its type in the world appears headed for closure just 11 years after opening.

U.S. Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for authorizing activities in the California Desert Conservation Area that are driving desert tortoises and other threatened and ...

THREATS: Livestock grazing and off-road vehicle use, road construction, urban development, agriculture, introduced diseases, and predation by ravens and feral dogs POPULATION TREND: Since the early ...

the Mojave Desert tortoise. The story that changed my perspective began with this alarming statistic: ravens are responsible for about 44% of annual desert tortoise deaths. These intelligent birds ...