Sonoran Desert tortoises (Gopherus morafkai) are a cool native animal. They are native to the Sonoran Desert and can be found anywhere in that region, including down to northern Mexico. They can live ...

Conservation groups filed a federal lawsuit in Tucson Thursday seeking endangered species protection for the Sonoran Desert tortoise. WildEarth Guardians and Western Watersheds Project, represented by ...

The Fish and Wildlife Service in 2022 said listing the species found in Arizona and Mexico is not warranted. Environmentalists have returned to federal court in hopes of securing Endangered Species ...

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 bobbing ...

The Sonoran desert tortoise population is stable and not in need of protection under the federal Endangered Species Act, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Monday. The tortoises, native to ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KVOA) – Arizona Game and Fish has launched a statewide adoption drive to find homes for Sonoran Desert Tortoises. Wildlife biologists with AZGFD say there have been fewer winter ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) —When it comes to one of the state’s most beloved animals, It’s not predators prowling about or a lack of food that’s killing tortoises. It’s people. And most of the time, we don’t ...

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

Each year the Arizona Game and Fish Department adopts out countless numbers of captive desert tortoises that are surrendered to the department. Unfortunately, they cannot be released back into the ...

TUCSON, Ariz. — The Arizona Sonoran Desert Museum is putting out a call for help to find homes for desert tortoises. They're part of an adoption program through Arizona Game and Fish, but the Desert ...

This year was on track to report a record number of heat-related human deaths in Maricopa County. However, some of Arizona's wildlife also fell ill due to the effects of the heat. At the end of this ...

PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) - Even wildlife native to the desert and known to adapt to extreme heat had a hard time this summer. We saw this with withering saguaro cacti and some dead Sonoran Desert tortoises ...