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California’s Mojave Desert is an off-roading favorite. It's now shut down to protect a rare animal
Mojave Desert tortoises are endangered. Before they disappear completely, officials have to do something to protect them.
TUCSON, Ariz.— The Center for Biological Diversity petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today to protect the Willcox Playa tiger beetle under the Endangered Species Act. The rare tiger beetle ...
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A rare desert plant shows benefits of sustainability efforts at a large solar array in the Mojave Desert
Although sunlight is one of the cleanest forms of renewable energy available, clearing large swathes of desert habitat to build solar arrays has consequences for the plants and animals it displaces.
The research, published late November in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, was led by DRI ecologist Tiffany Pereira. She and her team monitored the Gemini Solar Project for a rare plant called ...
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