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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...