In this Aug. 22, 2013, photo, research associate Pamela Flores conducts a health assessment on a desert tortoise at the Desert Tortoise Conservation Center, in Las Vegas. Federal funds are running out ...

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After more than three years of wandering around North Florida on her own, an African tortoise was found and reunited with her family.It's all thanks to a sheriff's office and an exotic animal refuge ...

LAS VEGAS – News that hundreds of threatened desert tortoises face euthanasia with the pending closure of a refuge near Las Vegas has generated a storm of reaction that has government officials ...

Airplanes land at speeds exceeding 100 mph. Tortoises like to take their own sweet time. Put the two together on an airport runway and you have the potential for a not-so-merry meeting of man and ...

LAS VEGAS (AP) - A final batch of desert tortoises has been released into the wild as a refuge near Las Vegas prepares to close after over 20 years in operation. Operators of the Desert Tortoise ...

Developers have taken pains to keep the animal safe. It’s been protected from meddlesome hikers by the threat of prison time. And wildlife officials have set the species up on a sprawling conservation ...

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LAS VEGAS—For decades, the vulnerable desert tortoise has led a sheltered existence. Developers have taken pains to keep the animal safe. It’s been protected from meddlesome hikers by the threat of ...