As monsoon rains bring much needed water to Arizona’s deserts, you may notice some of the state’s beloved shell-backed reptiles on the move. State wildlife officials have a message for those who may ...

With the Northern Corridor Highway approved in Southern Utah, some of Utah's slower and smaller residents could be affected: tortoises.

State leaders have been seeking approval of the highway corridor to help relieve traffic congestion in the growing city of St ...

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The Fish and Wildlife Service proposal would ease permitting for projects that could harm the threatened species in an area with significant development possibilities. A long-awaited conservation plan ...

Spotting a Mojave Desert tortoise is increasingly difficult in the American Southwest. The tortoises, with their unmistakable domed patterned shells, live in California, parts of Nevada, Arizona and ...

Spotting a Mojave Desert tortoise is increasingly difficult in the American Southwest. The tortoises, with their unmistakable domed patterned shells, live in California, parts of Nevada, Arizona and ...

Living in Arizona comes with many perks, from enjoying the red rocks of Sedona, basking in the year-round warm weather or taking in the beauty of the classic Saguaro cactus. However, one uniquely ...

The federal government decided this week against protecting the desert tortoise that lives in the Sonoran Desert, although it agrees with environmentalists that it deserves federal protection. The U.S ...

The tortoise only trundles out, and concludes her cold weather brumation, right around the time when spring is starting to ...