Most people assume tortoises are slow, plodding animals that would be among the last to escape danger. A three-year-old tortoise named Leo from Fullerton, California, turned that assumption completely ...

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

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

In a significant decision that affects off-road vehicle recreation in the western Mojave Desert, a federal judge has ...

The feds and environmental groups reignite a decades-long fight over how much development a conservation area — and the desert tortoise it was created to protect — can withstand as southwest Utah ...

The Mojave Desert near Los Angeles is full of hiking trails and adventure. Here are three trails near L.A. already bursting ...

SAN FRANCISCO— A federal judge has prohibited off-road vehicle use in critical habitat for desert tortoises in California’s western Mojave Desert, protecting more than 2,200 miles of proposed routes ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE: A desert tortoise moves through the Muddy Mountains Wilderness in Nevada. (Scott Smith/Getty Images) Off-roading is now ...

A federal judge has ordered off-highway vehicle riders to steer clear of more than 2,200 miles of proposed routes through California’s Mojave Desert that’s home to the threatened desert tortoise. In a ...

IDAHO — Last week, on the heels of the anniversary of Roe v Wade, Bonner County Commissioners dismissed women’s health care as “too niche” during a public budget meeting. Officials argued against ...

In this April 4, 2008 file photo, Marines wait for a desert tortoise to move off the road at the U.S. Marine Corps' Air Ground Combat Center at Twentynine Palms, Calif. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File) (CN ...