A long-planned highway in southern Utah hit a pothole last week after the federal government released a new analysis ...

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

For the desert tortoise, an approximately 1-foot-long reptile found in desert valleys across California and the American ...

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

The area is home to the dwindling desert tortoise and an endangered plant called the Lane Mountain milk-vetch. Conservationists will seek additional protections for the tortoise while next steps ...

The Bureau of Land Management and US Fish and Wildlife Service have issued a new recommendation for the Northern Corridor Highway project in southern Utah, init ...

Mojave National Preserve officials are continuing their efforts to protect endangered desert tortoises from vehicles with the installation of dozens of miles of roadside "tortoise fencing" in ...