A desert tortoise attempts to cross the road in southern California. (J. Mark Peaden/UC Davis) Desert tortoises pace back and forth and can overheat by roadside fencing meant to help them, according ...

The flawed installation of fences intended to protect the Mojave Desert Tortoise from highway traffic cost taxpayers more than $700,000 to correct, and faulty culvert drainage killed one of the ...

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 ...

BARSTOW • San Bernardino County will soon be taking bids for the addition of tortoise fencing at the Barstow Sanitary Landfill in an effort to prevent threatened desert tortoises from wandering into ...

In a twist of tragic irony, roadside fences designed to protect desert tortoises may be leading some to their death, according to new research from UC Davis. The fences are designed to keep the ...

Long before Southern Nevada built its winding highways, desert tortoises roamed freely without consequence. For these federally protected animals, crossing the street without a dedicated path could ...

Desert tortoises pace back and forth and can overheat by roadside fencing meant to help them, according to a study published in the journal Biological Conservation by the University of California, ...

Desert tortoises pace back and forth and can overheat by roadside fencing meant to help them, according to a study new study. Desert tortoises pace back and forth and can overheat by roadside fencing ...