Dozens of miles of "tortoise fencing" are being installed along roadsides in prime tortoise habitats, officials said.

A federal judge ruled the Bureau of Land Management's off-road plan didn't show how it minimized impacts to the desert ...

A Tuesday ruling finds 6,000 miles of dirt roads set aside for motorized recreation ignored studies showing high death rates ...

A judge has rejected federal agencies’ approval of activities in the California Desert Conservation Area, including a vast ...

The judge ruled that the Bureau of Land Management did not designate off-road vehicle routes with the objective of minimizing ...

The Fish and Wildlife Service proposal would ease permitting for projects that could harm the threatened species in an area ...

The plan violates federal laws by not including measures to minimize impacts to species, the judge said in siding with greens ...

The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service observes Desert Tortoise Conservation Week during the first week of October. This week-long ...

This desert, straddling the border between the USA and Mexico, boasts the title of the wettest desert in the world and the ...

These tiny furry owls are vanishing to development of their habitat. Will burrowing owls become an endangered species?

Solar farms are good for desert environments… That is what we are being asked to believe in a new study coming out of China.

Sep. 18, 2024 — Climate change and a range of other human impacts are putting marine animals at risk of extinction -- even those living in almost pristine marine habitats and diverse coastal ...