the Mojave Desert tortoise. The story that changed my perspective began with this alarming statistic: ravens are responsible for about 44% of annual desert tortoise deaths. These intelligent birds ...

Background: Desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) populations have continued to decline due to infectious ... clinical and/or laboratory evidence for rhinitis or pneumonia); cutaneous dyskeratosis ...

The grooves carved into the boulder look strikingly similar to the pattern of a tortoise shell. While it's unknown what this design means, it's possible that this was an ancient symbol of ...

The Conservancy also shared pictures of the tortoises. In one, a tortoise's shell is painted half hot pink and half royal blue. A second tortoise is painted gold and pink. Staffers also noted ...

Also, seize the opportunity to photograph inside an empty tortoise shell for a memorable experience. – Xavier Castro Embark on a journey to uncover the captivating charm of the Galápagos ...

The Bolson tortoise once roamed the Chihuahuan Desert from Mexico all the way to ... when a group of Zoologists discovered an unusual shell in Mexico. Because tortoises live such long lives ...

Tom Metcalfe is a freelance journalist and regular Live Science contributor who is based in London in the United Kingdom. Tom writes mainly about science, space, archaeology, the Earth and the oceans.