Following more than three decades of declining numbers, the Mojave desert tortoise has been officially declared an endangered species in California. The California Fish and Game Commission voted u ...

The loss of hundreds of Fish and Wildlife employees could have immediate and long-term impacts on wild places, including ...

The Mojave Desert Seed Bank was awarded a $3.19 million grant from California’s Wildlife Conservation Board to enable staff to collect, process, and store more seed at a time when there is a ...

In the early years of the 20th century, they still thrived within the Southwest's arid landscapes: As many as 1,000 tortoises per square mile once inhabited the Mojave. But by the end of last century, ...

In Riverside County, Oswit Land Trust was awarded $1.5 million for 642 acres in the foothills of the San Jacinto Mountains, preserving healthy coastal sage scrub, grasslands, and other habitats ...

The Mojave Desert's bird populations have been hit hard by climate change, but a new study shows that its small mammal populations are stable. Physiological modeling indicates that small mammals ...