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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Arizona wildlife officials are encouraging residents to consider adopting a desert tortoise, as dozens of animals wait for ...

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 ...

State wildlife officials are looking for new homes in Arizona for surrendered desert tortoises. The Arizona Game and Fish Department said in a mid-May Facebook post that rows of captive desert ...

Arizona Game and Fish Department has more than 100 Sonoran desert tortoises looking for forever homes. AZGFD officials say due to primarily to illegal breeding, the department has several tortoises of ...

PHOENIX — The Arizona Game and Fish Department is looking for people to adopt Sonoran desert tortoises. They have dozens of tortoises that are in need of homes. Many of these tortoises were ...

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 ...

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 ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Are you looking to “shell-ebrate” Spring with a new friend? Over 100 desert tortoises at the Arizona Game and Fish Department need a forever home. AZGFD says the reptiles will ...

The program helps place displaced desert tortoises with Arizona families. Adoption applications are being accepted year-round.

PHOENIX — Arizona wildlife officials are looking for good homes for nearly 100 desert tortoises. The state Game and Fish's Department's tortoise adoption program says the tortoises are available for ...