Robinson, a Sonoran desert tortoise, has become a favorite among Arizona Game and Fish Department staff. Known for his curious nature, he likes to follow people, moseying over their shoes and ...

The motorist contacted authorities after it spotted the sulcata tortoise on the interstate in Pinal County, a hot and barren patch of desert between ... according to Arizona's Department of ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) —A tortoise is back on dry land and in a new home after being rescued from a canal. The Arizona Fire and Medical Authority saw a Facebook post earlier this week about a ...

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 ...

After years of living pet-free (save one vicious betta fish), my family and I decided to adopt a captive desert tortoise. Fittingly, it was a slow and steady process. In Arizona where we live ...

which they charge are pushing desert tortoises and other threatened and endangered species toward extinction. U.S. District Judge Susan Illston ruled on Tuesday that the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and ...

“I’m grateful the court found that federal officials can’t just make empty promises to protect desert tortoises and other wildlife on our public lands from off-road vehicles,” said Lisa ...

a desert tortoise, six sulcata tortoises and two red-eared slider turtles. Detectives from the Community Problems Unit, assisted by the Pima Animal Care Center and the Arizona Game and Fish ...