PHOENIX (KVOA) - As Arizona's trails get busier, the Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD) is urging motorized vehicle operators to be cautious of desert tortoises sharing the paths. Desert ...

Even though we've already seen several high temperatures in the 90s this year, that's not enough to wake up desert tortoises from brumation—a reptile's version of hibernation. Smith says our ...

"While the Arizona Game and Fish Department strives to keep wildlife wild, captive desert tortoises cannot be released into the wild because they may spread diseases to wild populations.

Over 100 desert tortoises at the Arizona Game and Fish Department need a forever home. AZGFD says the reptiles will soon wake up from brumation, which is similar to hibernation, and this is the ...

The desert tortoise then emerges again in the spring, signaling the start of warmer weather for southern Nevada. So summer lovers rejoice! Mojave Max made his emergence yesterday. Local ...

How long does it take a large desert tortoise to get to the other side of a Southern Arizona highway? It’s still a mystery, after a state Department of Public Safety trooper recently helped ...

Max, the desert tortoise mascot of the Clark County Desert Conservation Program and Southern Nevada’s weather prognosticator, emerged from his burrow on Thursday at 2:09 p.m., the county said in ...

Mojave Max, the desert tortoise whose annual spring emergence from his underground burrow at the Springs Preserve marks the beginning of spring in Southern Nevada, is awake, but he’s not ready ...

Meet Jonathan, a Seychelles giant tortoise who, at an estimated 192 to 193 years old in 2025, is officially the world’s oldest living land animal. Remarkably, he may be even older than documented, ...

You'd think Max would be swimming in his burrow, but apparently, even desert tortoises have their limits when it comes to puddle parties. Despite Max's tardiness, Las Vegas sun-seekers can rejoice ...

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — After a period of concern for his well-being, Southern Nevada's celebrity desert tortoise finally emerged from his burrow at 2:09 p.m. Thursday, the Las Vegas Springs Preserve ...

The monument lands also provide refuge for more than 50 rare plants and animals, from bighorn sheep, desert tortoise, and burro deer to small burrowing owls and its namesake, the Chuckwalla lizard.