In the early years of the 20th century, they still thrived within the Southwest's arid landscapes: As many as 1,000 tortoises per square mile once inhabited the Mojave. But by the end of last century, ...

If you're ready to step away into nature for some solitude, this incredible hike takes you through one of the most unique ...

Barbara Thomas disappeared last Friday as she and her husband, Robert, were hiking in the Mojave Desert Joelle Goldstein is a Senior News Editor on the TV team for PEOPLE Digital. She has been ...

The target species include Mojave Desert tortoise, as well as other desert wildlife, including coyotes, bobcats, foxes, badgers, skunks, mice, and rats. This funding comes from the Wildlife ...

Some pockets of the Mojave Desert see less than 3 inches of rain a year. So you might think this parched landscape is about the last place on earth you’d go looking for extra water. But for the past ...

A Las Vegas man suspected in a series of shootings, spanning 90 miles from Nevada to the Mojave Desert in Southern California, shot and wounded a gas station clerk, a man sleeping in a car and a ...

Mojave Max has finally emerged from his burrow. The desert tortoise mascot for the Clark County Desert Conservation Program came out of his burrow at the Springs Preserve at 3:09 p.m. Tuesday.

Mojave Max, the mascot of the Clark County Desert Conservation Program and Nevada’s own iteration of Punxsutawney Phil, has broken his 23-year brumation record. Every year, Clark County School ...

The California deserts — the Mojave, Colorado and Great Basin — are prime habitat for a suite of rare and endangered species adapted to survive in these sun-drenched, windy wildlands. The iconic ...