It could’ve been worse. For nearly two decades, California desert visitors hoping to see the caverns’ massive stalagmites and ...

The Mojave Desert Preserve is hiring seasonal Biological Science Technicians to assist with desert tortoise conservation. The Mojave desert tortoise was declared endangered in California in 2024 after ...

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In southern Nevada’s Valley of Fire State Park sandstone arches and sweeping dunes glow under the sun like another world. It ...

For Gila monsters that live in the warming Mojave Desert, relocating to beat the heat may not be so simple. While climate change might create some better habitats, the lizards could be left behind in ...

Spring is finally here in Las Vegas. Mojave Max has emerged, breaking his record for the latest emergence in the 25-year history of the Mojave Max Emergence Contest. Max, the desert tortoise mascot of ...

Spotting a Mojave Desert tortoise is increasingly difficult in the American Southwest. The tortoises, with their unmistakable domed patterned shells, live in California, parts of Nevada, Arizona and ...

“From June on to November the Mojave Desert lies hot, still, unbearable … sick … where dust devils dance, whirling up into a wide, pale sky” — Mary Austin ...