OPINION - Elizabeth Day: small talk doesn't need to be boring. Here's how I make parties more fun

Parties can be anxiety-inducting... but they don’t need to be, says award-winning podcaster and bestselling author ...
Family Destinations Guide

The Overlooked Town In California That’s Almost Too Beautiful To Be Real

Tucked between the Sierra Nevada and the El Paso Mountains lies a California gem that somehow escaped the Instagram influencer invasion and skyrocketing price tags that plague the state’s more famous ...
New York Post

Oldest resident of San Diego Zoo, Gramma the Galapagos tortoise, dies at estimated 141 years old

LOS ANGELES — After more than a century of munching on her favorite foods of romaine lettuce and cactus fruit, beloved Galapagos tortoise Gramma, the oldest resident of the San Diego Zoo, has died.
KVUE

Gramma the Galapagos tortoise, oldest resident of San Diego Zoo, dies at about 141

LOS ANGELES(AP) — After more than a century of munching on her favorite foods of romaine lettuce and cactus fruit, beloved Galapagos tortoise Gramma, the oldest resident of the San Diego Zoo, has died ...
ABC15 Arizona

Community outraged after mutilated tortoise found at Honeybee Park near Oro Valley

ORO VALLEY, AZ — Neighbors in Oro Valley, Arizona, are heartbroken and outraged after a desert tortoise was found mutilated along a popular trail at Honeybee Park. Kendra, who asked to remain ...
KGUN 9

Community outraged after mutilated tortoise found at Honeybee Park

ORO VALLEY, Ariz. (KGUN) — Neighbors in Oro Valley are heartbroken and outraged after a desert tortoise was found mutilated along a popular trail at Honeybee Park. Kendra, who asked to remain ...
The Patriot Ledger

Vets remove baseball-sized bladder stone from pet tortoise. How the turtle is doing

It took the expertise of three veterinarians from the New England Wildlife Center to carefully remove a one-pound bladder stone from a pet desert tortoise. The bladder stone, also known as a urolith, ...
LAist

Mojave tortoise

Spotting a Mojave Desert tortoise is increasingly difficult in the American Southwest. The tortoises, with their unmistakable domed patterned shells, live in California, parts of Nevada, Arizona and ...
LAist

This iconic tortoise in the Mojave Desert is dying out. It could affect the whole ecosystem

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Victorville Daily Press

Job openings announced to protect tortoises in the Mojave Desert Preserve

The Mojave Desert Preserve is hiring seasonal Biological Science Technicians to assist with desert tortoise conservation. The Mojave desert tortoise was declared endangered in California in 2024 after ...
NPR

This iconic tortoise is dying out. It could affect the whole ecosystem

Spotting a Mojave Desert tortoise is increasingly difficult in the American Southwest. The tortoises, with their unmistakable domed patterned shells, live in California, parts of Nevada, Arizona and ...