Tortoise loves to dig, but Mouse, Tortoise’s burrowmate and friend, prefers to lounge while sipping tea. After their home floods, they determine that Tortoise will create a new burrow, and then ...

In the wild, they dig it themselves. Human-made burrows can be built out of large ... who administers the desert tortoise permit process in California. “The tortoise is awake, they play with ...

DESCRIPTION: The desert tortoise is terrestrial ... LIFE CYCLE: Between May and July, females dig nests at or near their burrows or beneath nearby shrubs and deposit from one to 14 ...

The tortoises pockmark the desert floor with burrows that other animals use for shelter, and disperse the seeds of native plants in their waste. “They’re influencing what else can exist on the ...

Mojave Max has finally emerged from his burrow. The desert tortoise mascot for the Clark County Desert Conservation Program came out of his burrow at the Springs Preserve at 3:09 p.m. Tuesday.

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 ...

For desert tortoises to emerge from brumation, temperatures need to level out and overnight lows need to warm up. Max’s current burrow is also deep in the ground — so deep, in fact ...

As solar energy farms continue to pop up across the Mojave Desert, some residents are being squeezed out of their homes: the ...

Robinson, a Sonoran desert tortoise ... will open their backyards to give surrendered tortoises a new home. After building a ...

TWENTYNINE PALMS Marine Corps base, Calif. — The two tiny tortoises emerged from their burrows as soon as they detected Brian Henen’s footsteps, eager for the handfuls of bok choy and snap ...