Natural History Wanderings

NewsBreak reported

Mojave National Preserve is ramping up efforts to safeguard its vulnerable desert tortoise population, which faces significant threats from vehicular traffic. Each year, dozens of these slow-moving reptiles are killed or injured as they cross roads within the Preserve. While they spend about 95% of their lives in burrows, desert tortoises become more active during the spring and summer rains, venturing out to eat wildflowers, drink from puddles, and search for mates.

Read on www.newsbreak.com/golden-gate-media-1351221/3660321200747-california-s-mojave-national-preserve-takes-drastic-action-to-protect-vulnerable-desert-tortoises