Southern Nevada’s desert tortoises getting help to cross the road
Long before Southern Nevada built its winding highways, desert tortoises roamed freely without consequence. For these ...
World-first study reveals the mysteries of the desert-dwelling marsupial mole
Until recently, these elusive animals have been nearly impossible to study. But our recent study in Science Advances has ...
‘Gitmo’ in the Mojave: How the Marines are saving endangered desert tortoises
The Twentynine Palms Marine Corps base houses vulnerable young desert tortoises until they're hardy enough to withstand ...
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The Fight to Save California’s Endangered Desert Tortoise
Under the unyielding desert sun, a quiet yet fierce struggle for survival is underway. Here, among the creosote bushes and ...
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KS3 / GCSE Geography: How animals and people adapt to live in the Arabian Desert
This could be used to introduce students to the ecosystem of the desert and how people, plants and animals adapt to the conditions. Students could be given a list of plants or animals and asked to ...
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Endangered Desert Bighorn Sheep Airlifted Across Texas Skies in Dramatic Conservation Effort
The animals were cataloged before being put in ... The subspecies that was the focus of this relocation operation, the desert bighorn sheep, was classified as endangered in 2000, per the ...