Indio's budget for public art in fiscal year 2022-2023, ending on June 30, is $545,223 and a total of $410,000 was approved for art projects below. ‘Desert Tortoise’ ...

Artist Chris Peterson with Utah Wildlife Walls was commissioned to paint a tortoise mural on the wall of the Station 2 Bar by Zion Brewery, St. George, Tuesday.

Sonoran desert tortoises have emerged from hibernation this spring, and many of them are in need of a place to call home. Arizona Game and Fish is offering free adoptions of these captive reptiles ...

At NPCA, we’ve been working to expand Joshua Tree National Park and establish Chuckwalla National Monument to protect the desert tortoise habitat it hosts. The proposed Chuckwalla National Monument ...

Desert tortoises have temperature-dependent sex determination: Cooler temperatures result in male clutches and warmer temperatures result in female clutches. Tool is playing Phoenix in early '24.

The desert tortoise had previously been classified as "threatened" by the California Endangered Species Act in 1989, as well as by the federal Endangered Species Act of 1990.

Desert tortoises are herbivores and munch on Bermuda grass, weeds and many native plants. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 63°F. Monday, June 16th 2025 E-Edition.

The tortoise faces many threats, including encroaching urbanization, agriculture and pesticides, vehicles both on and off roads, mining operations and military exercises that drop bombs in the desert.

Officials in Nevada said a desert tortoise named Mojave Max has emerged from his winter burrow at a nature preserve in Las Vegas. Max made his appearance at 3:40 p.m. Monday.

TUCSON, Ariz. — The Arizona Sonoran Desert Museum is putting out a call for help to find homes for desert tortoises. They're part of an adoption program through Arizona Game and Fish, but the ...

Adopting a Sonoran Desert tortoise. Since 1981, the Arizona Game and Fish Department has facilitated a program to allow Arizona residents to adopt the tortoises, which are a protected species and ...