A federal judge has ordered the closure of thousands of miles of off-road vehicle routes in the Mojave Desert following a ...

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 California ...

A federal judge ordered the closure of 2,200 miles of off-road vehicle routes in the Mojave Desert to protect endangered desert tortoises, sparking debate among environmentalists and off-roaders.

There’s a time and a place for almost everything, including off-road driving. After a recent legal ruling, however, there’s one place where that is distinctly not the case: a sizable stretch of the ...

Mojave Desert tortoises are endangered. Before they disappear completely, officials have to do something to protect them.

In this April 4, 2008 file photo, Marines wait for a desert tortoise to move off the road at the U.S. Marine Corps' Air Ground Combat Center at Twentynine Palms, Calif. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File) SAN ...

A federal judge has partly ruled in favor of environmental groups challenging what one called a vast "spaghetti" network of popular off-road vehicle routes in the Mojave Desert, which they charge are ...

Mojave National Preserve officials are continuing their efforts to protect endangered desert tortoises from vehicles with the installation of dozens of miles of roadside "tortoise fencing" in tortoise ...

SAN FRANCISCO— A judge has rejected federal agencies’ approval of activities in the California Desert Conservation Area, including a vast network of off-road vehicle routes in the West Mojave Desert.

When driving through the Mojave National Preserve, one of the largest national park units in the contiguous United States, it’s easy to imagine that the entire vast desert landscape is a single piece ...