The recent death of a mountain lion trying to cross State Route 62 has added a renewed urgency to a state-funded project to ...

Two desert wildlife crossings will hit the drawing board thanks to a $5.5 million state-funded grant, according to the Mojave Desert Land Trust. The two wildlife crossings along State Route 62 are ...

Utah has 15 endangered Mojave desert tortoises up for adoption. Once taken from the wild, they can’t return — but in the ...

Two wildlife crossings are proposed for State Route 62 to reduce the hundreds of annual animal deaths. The crossings would improve safety for both animals and drivers, as wildlife-vehicle collisions ...

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An Obama-era solar plant in the Mojave Desert kills thousands of birds with its concentrated solar rays and relies on natural ...

Regulators allow California's Ivanpah solar plant to operate despite killing thousands of birds yearly, with no fines issued ...

A federal judge has made 2,200 miles of Western Mojave Desert trails off-limits to off-roading bikers and drivers, in the name of preserving the threatened desert tortoise. The Bureau of Land ...