LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — Nevada transportation officials have completed dozens of tunnels and what are called turnarounds, to protect the federally-protected Mojave desert tortoise population, which is ...

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — After nearly four years of residence at Area 15, Pikai the desert tortoise sculpture will now call the Las Vegas Natural History Museum home thanks to Goodwill of Southern Nevada.

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Desert tortoises have lived in the deserts of California, Arizona, Nevada and Utah since the Pleistocene. In the early years of the 20th century, they still thrived within the Southwest's arid ...

CARSON CITY, Nev. — Gov. Brian Sandoval announced a lifetime appointment of the reptilian variety to the grounds of the Governor’s Mansion on Thursday: A pet tortoise named “Carson.” The governor ...

The Mojave Desert tortoise has long been considered a threatened species, but in June, California declared it endangered. This iconic tortoise is dying out. It could affect the whole ecosystem ...

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 ...