Q: I have a garden that I want to let my tortoise roam in. What plants do they like and which ones are bad for them? A: A desert tortoise’s diet should consist of 85 percent grass, weeds and dark, ...

A desert tortoise in the Desert Tortoise Research Natural Area in California City in October 2022. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times) A 3.5-million-acre swath of Mojave Desert between Ridgecrest and the ...

Spotting a Mojave Desert tortoise is increasingly difficult in the American Southwest. The tortoises, with their unmistakable domed patterned shells, live in California, parts of Nevada, Arizona and ...

Living in Arizona comes with many perks, from enjoying the red rocks of Sedona, basking in the year-round warm weather or taking in the beauty of the classic Saguaro cactus. However, one uniquely ...

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