Following more than three decades of declining numbers, the Mojave desert tortoise has been officially declared an endangered species in California. The California Fish and Game Commission voted ...

The remains of the fearsome Spinosaurus mirabilis have been waiting for eons to be discovered in a Sahara Desert fossil bed.

Hopefully this court order will help the desert tortoise population rebuild, to regain the delicate natural balance of the Mojave.

Quick Take Allen’s Rule explains why animals in warm climates tend to have longer appendages than those in colder ...

Tropical blue hues tend to pop against autumn’s subdued browns, beiges and golds in North America’s driest desert. So, the turquoise pools and glittery electric-blue pupfish stand out at Ash Meadows ...

A team of biologists and volunteers released 51 desert tortoises in the Boulder City Conservation Easement Wednesday. (KTNV) — More than a dozen biologists and volunteers walked through the Boulder ...

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ ) — The High Desert Museum will unveil its much-anticipated exhibition of Andy Warhol's Endangered Species to the public on Saturday, offering a rare look at the collection. The ...

Scientists discovered a new venomous species hunting for prey in the San Joaquin Desert in California during a yearlong research initiative. More than two dozen Tulare Basin scorpions were found by ...

A federal judge has made 2,200 miles of Western Mojave Desert trails off-limits to off-roading bikers and drivers, in the ...

Throughout the history of the West, human actions have often rushed the desert — and their actions backfired. In the 1920s, the Colorado River Compact notoriously overallocated water still used today ...

"Our study suggests that green energy and species conservation goals may come into conflict in California's Mojave Desert, which supports nearly 500 rare plant species as well as a rapidly expanding ...