As monsoon rains bring much needed water to Arizona’s deserts, you may notice some of the state’s beloved shell-backed reptiles on the move. State wildlife officials have a message for those who may ...

Seven years of carefully planned habitat restoration on private land in the Mojave Desert have yielded hope for the persistence of the endangered Amargosa vole. In early August, a photograph from a ...

As wild burro populations grow, they're putting native vegetation at risk, a new study shows, including the saguaro cactus.

A new report from the Arizona Game and Fish Department showed the state's unchecked feral burro population is destroying keystone plant species in the Sonoran Desert. Wildlife scientists studied plant ...

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - They are a protected under the federal government’s Endangered Species Act. The Desert Tortoise population is making a gradual comeback after it’s population dropped by as ...

While visiting The Living Desert, local students got to feed a rhino and turn classroom lessons into hands-on conservation action.

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - The proposed Rough Hat Clark County Solar Project would take up 2,400 acres of public land in the Pahrump Valley. The area is home to the federally protected desert tortoise, ...

Two young rhinos soon will be joining The Living Desert family, moving into a new $17 million, 4-acre habitat that's under construction just inside the zoo’s entrance. Rhino Savanna will be a ...

In Namibia, a group of desert lions have left their traditional hunting grounds for the Atlantic coast and are now thriving ...

When a renewable energy company started razing thousands of Joshua trees this month to make way for a sprawling solar farm, it kicked up a firestorm of outrage among Mojave Desert residents and ...

To the editor: A provocative but misleading trope is that expanding renewable energy production conflicts with the conservation of our public lands, another cherished environmental priority. The truth ...