Dossier
desert tortoise
Coverage of desert tortoise in the Nexus archive.
- Thousands of Joshua trees are dying as the Mojave region develops. They must be saved
Thousands of Joshua trees in the Mojave Desert are threatened by human expansion, solar farms, mining projects, and climate change. These trees, critical to the region's ecosystem and economy, could face extinction by 2100, impacting species like the desert tortoise and pallid blue dotted butterfly.