While adult tortoises hibernate in winter, tortoises less than two or three years old are active throughout the year. They may live to be 80 to 100. FEEDING: Desert grasses and spring wildflowers are ...

Robinson, a Sonoran desert tortoise ... Changing conditions: Wildlife teams help tortoises survive various environments ...

the Mojave Desert tortoise. The story that changed my perspective began with this alarming statistic: ravens are responsible for about 44% of annual desert tortoise deaths. These intelligent birds ...

Desert tortoises are herbivores and munch on Bermuda ... who picks bright yellow trumpet flowers from the schoolyard to hand-feed to her. But there are other types of tortoises that people keep ...