Mojave Max officially emerged Sunday at the Springs Preserve, setting a new record for the latest emergence in the famous ...

Southern Nevada’s “weather tortoise” Mojave Max sets late-emergence record ...

Mojave Max has broken his brumation record once more but arrived in time for Mother’s Day. The 22-year-old live desert tortoise who calls Springs Preserve his home emerged from his burrow at 12:50 p.m ...

Long before Southern Nevada built its winding highways, desert tortoises roamed freely without consequence. For these federally protected animals, crossing the street without a dedicated path could ...

It’s springtime again in Southern Nevada, and for many schoolchildren across Clark County, that means it’s time to guess when Mojave Max will emerge from his burrow. Mojave Max, a desert tortoise ...

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - Desert tortoises are very popular throughout Southern Nevada. These reptiles are supposed to be out in the wild, but they are also pets to thousands of households. This may ...

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Now that we're in the month of May and have seen temperatures consistently in the upper 80s–even setting records in the low to mid 90s in mid-April—many locals are asking "where is ...

The Mojave desert tortoise, a threatened keystone species, has seen sharp population declines, with some regions experiencing losses of over 90% since the 1980s. Federal court rulings have recently ...

The San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance and The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens have reintroduced 70 critically endangered Mojave desert tortoises to their native habitat on Edwards Air Force Base. The ...

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TUCSON, Ariz. (KVOA) — The Sonoran tortoise population has grown greatly since the early 80s due to captive breeding. With their exploding population and our climate warming, how can a population ...