PHOENIX (KVOA) - The Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD) is seeking homes for over 100 non-releasable desert tortoises. With these tortoises soon waking from brumation, the AZGFD encourages ...

Living in Arizona comes with many perks, from enjoying the red rocks of Sedona, basking in the year-round warm weather or taking in the beauty of the classic Saguaro cactus. However, one uniquely ...

PHOENIX — The Desert Tortoise Adoption Program at the Arizona Game and Fish Department is seeking homes for over 100 desert tortoises. The tortoises are set to wake up from brumation, which is a ...

More than 300 animals are available this year, mostly because people illegally breed them at home. Stick your neck out and adopt a desert tortoise What has four scaly legs and spends 90% of its life ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As monsoon rains bring much needed water to Arizona’s deserts, you may notice some of the state’s beloved shell-backed reptiles on ...

Firefighters rescued a tortoise after a heat lamp caused a shed to fill up with smoke in northern Arizona.

PICACHO, Ariz. (AP) — How long does it take a large desert tortoise to get to the other side of a southern Arizona highway? It’s still a mystery, after a state Department of Public Safety trooper ...