The desert tortoise, a once-resilient reptile, is a keystone species in the Mojave Desert, where other animals depend for their survival on the burrows it digs. But it is imperiled in California ...

Mojave Desert tortoises are endangered. Before they disappear completely, officials have to do something to protect them.

There’s a time and a place for almost everything, including off-road driving. After a recent legal ruling, however, there’s one place where that is distinctly not the case: a sizable stretch of the ...

The Mt. Wilson Trail, which closed after the area burned in the Eaton fire, recently reopened. Although you will hike past ...

A natural rock formation that looks exactly like a giant skull? This Joshua Tree trail delivers one of the desert’s most unforgettable sights.

A federal judge has ordered the closure of thousands of miles of off-road vehicle routes in the Mojave Desert following a ...

A federal judge ordered the closure of 2,200 miles of off-road vehicle routes in the Mojave Desert to protect endangered ...

"The town has been blossoming with more small businesses coming along in recent years, and the community is welcoming the ...

Giant tortoises have returned to the Galapagos island of Floreana for the first time nearly 150 years after they were driven ...

Over 150 captive-bred, juvenile tortoises have been released in coordination with a landmark ecological restoration project ...

Giant tortoises have returned to Floreana Island in Ecuador's Galapagos archipelago as conservationists release 158 juvenile hybrids to restore the ecosystem.