Dorothia Diaz was unaware until recently that she was the subject of a cold case search by an investigative team that thought she had been murdered.

Seventy endangered Mojave desert tortoises are adjusting to their new home Wednesday in their native habitat on Edwards Air Force Base, an effort headed by the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance and ...

If it’s spring, it’s gotta be Mojave Max time in Southern Nevada. Many area residents know Mojave Max from his annual emergence contest, where elementary school students participate in the ...

Desert tortoises have lived in the deserts of California, Arizona, Nevada and Utah since the Pleistocene. In the early years of the 20th century, they still thrived within the Southwest's arid ...

I never imagined that closing dumpsters could help save an endangered species, but that's exactly what I learned during my time at The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens. What started as a volunteer ...

JOSHUA TREE, Calif. (KESQ) - A Desert Hot Springs man was arrested after being accused of embezzling over $300,000 from his former employer, the Mojave Desert Land Trust. Ernesto Jose Frias Ybarra ...

Despite their dainty appearance, desert kit foxes are hardy animals, well adapted for living in the hot, harsh desert habitat from which they never stray. This cat-sized kit fox subspecies has long, ...