Long before Southern Nevada built its winding highways, desert tortoises roamed freely without consequence. For these federally protected animals, crossing the street without a dedicated path ...

But Max isn’t the only famous tortoise in Nevada. NV Energy, Opportunity Village and even the Governor’s Mansion have adopted tortoises who serve as little mascots for the organizations.

Meanwhile, environmentalists continue to blame the Mojave Desert plant for killing thousands of birds and tortoises. The Ivanpah solar power plant formally opened in 2014 on roughly 5 square miles of ...

A major step in the process of building a new airport south of Las Vegas to supplement Harry Reid International Airport ...

Groundhog Day marks the start of Mojave Max watch. The desert tortoise mascot is Clark County's official prognosticator, but ...

As part of a planned 2,400-acre solar project southwest of Pahrump, developer Candela Renewables will temporarily relocate 114 adult desert tortoises — a species, listed as threatened under the ...

It’s Groundhog Day, but whether or not a rodent in Pennsylvania sees his shadow means nothing to us here in Las Vegas.

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 ...

Solar a controversial issue in Nye County In Nevada’s hydrological basin with ... the Center for Biological Diversity and the Desert Tortoise Council. All were denied or dismissed.