The death of a mountain lion attempting to cross a desert highway in San Bernardino County adds renewed urgency to construct ...

Two desert wildlife crossings will hit the drawing board thanks to a $5.5 million state-funded grant, according to the Mojave Desert Land Trust. The two wildlife crossings along State Route 62 are ...

The recent death of a mountain lion trying to cross State Route 62 has added a renewed urgency to a state-funded project to ...

America is a continent of extremes. Within its borders you can find bone-dry Mojave desert floors where surface temperatures ...

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 ...

The San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance and The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens have reintroduced 70 critically endangered Mojave desert tortoises to their native habitat on Edwards Air Force Base. Photo ...

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Two people walk down a boardwalk across the Mojave Desert at Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in Nevada on April 22, 2025. (Sam Ribakoff/Courthouse News) NYE COUNTY, Nev. (CN) — Outside the ...

MOJAVE DESERT — The desert tortoise, a once-resilient reptile, is a keystone species in the Mojave Desert, where other animals depend for their survival on the burrows it digs. But it is imperiled in ...