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 ...

Desert tortoises are herbivores and munch on Bermuda ... a habitat that suits her needs in the Sonoran Desert. Most of her diet consists of our lawn, which she happily grazes on.

Tortoises are herbivores and eat native desert grasses, leafy plants and flowers. Wolf warns plants will get “mowed down” ...

Adult desert tortoises must be kept outdoors ... That typically happens in colder months and with shorter days as food is scarce and the climate isn't suitable for regular behavior.

I helped by connecting with local food businesses throughout the Coachella ... to change their daily habits rarely is, but with the desert tortoise on the decline the TLD campaign effort felt ...

Aug. 13, 2014. (AP Photo/John Locher, File) An endangered desert tortoise sits in the middle of a road at the proposed location of three BrightSource Energy solar-energy generation complexes in the ...

Many area residents know Mojave Max from his annual emergence contest, where elementary school students participate in the Punxsutawney Phil-esque tradition of guessing when the desert tortoise ...