Livestock grazing and urban development, along with the ever-increasing use of off-road vehicles, continue to degrade the tortoise's vanishing habitat, while Army translocation projects threaten to ...

The surviving tortoises received veterinary care at The Living Desert. This month, they will be transferred to the outdoor headstart habitats at Edwards Air Force Base managed by San Diego Zoo ...

“The Bureau cannot continue to prioritize recreational vehicle opportunities in fragile desert tortoise habitats over the species’ survival." The judge also ruled that the bureau wrongly ...

Illston said the BLM failed to show how designating thousands of routes for off-road vehicles in critical tortoise habitat and conservation areas “aligns with the objective of minimizing impacts ...

Utah lawmakers have pushed for the highway corridor, saying it is needed to ease traffic congestion around the rapidly ...

The Aldabra tortoise, a species classified ... in the animals' day. The habitat can transform into different configurations, offering indoor and outdoor spaces, multiple yards, and a pond that ...

A population of western swamp tortoises (which are actually a type of turtle) will have a new habitat in WA's South West next year. It comes after years of trials to find a suitable location for ...