In a significant decision that affects off-road vehicle recreation in the western Mojave Desert, a federal judge has ...

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 ...

Two wildlife crossings are proposed for State Route 62 to reduce the hundreds of annual animal deaths. The crossings would improve safety for both animals and drivers, as wildlife-vehicle collisions ...

A federal judge has partly ruled in favor of environmental groups challenging what one called a vast "spaghetti" network of popular off-road vehicle routes in the Mojave Desert, which they charge are ...

Firefighters continue to battle the York wildfire in California and Nevada, which grew to more than 80,000 acres Tuesday and is threatening the region's famous Joshua trees and other wildlife. The ...

In this April 4, 2008 file photo, Marines wait for a desert tortoise to move off the road at the U.S. Marine Corps' Air Ground Combat Center at Twentynine Palms, Calif. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File) SAN ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. An iconic Southern California desert dweller ...

To the editor: The article “Solar sprawl is tearing up the Mojave Desert. Is there a better way?” highlights many of the challenges with desert solar, but the choice between “conservation” and ...

Two mountain lions who were relocated from their Eastern Sierra Nevada habitat to the Mojave Desert by California Department of Fish and Wildlife officials in 2021 later died of starvation when they ...

New information may offer clues in the killings of several wild burros in the Mojave Desert more than four years ago. At least 42 wild burro carcasses with gunshot wounds were found in various states ...

OPINION - Cadiz, Inc., a Los Angeles based corporation that for 30 years has been targeting a Mojave Desert aquifer for pumping and profit has its way, 50,000 acre-feet (16 billion gallons) of ...