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Sonoran Desert Tortoise Gopherus morafkai hid. Snow Canyon Sta

Sonoran Desert Tortoise Gopherus morafkai hid. Snow Canyon Sta

Desert Tortoise, Gopherus agassizi

Desert Tortoise, Gopherus agassizi

Gopher Tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus)

Gopher Tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus)

Gopher Tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus)

Gopher Tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus)

Sonoran Desert Tortoise Gopherus morafkai in Snow Canyon State Park, Utah, US. Threatened vulnerable species in Nature Red L

Sonoran Desert Tortoise Gopherus morafkai in Snow Canyon State Park, Utah, US. Threatened vulnerable species in Nature Red L

Desert Tortoise, Gopherus agassizi

Desert Tortoise, Gopherus agassizi

Desert Tortoise, Gopherus agassizi

Desert Tortoise, Gopherus agassizi

Baby Desert Tortoise

Baby Desert Tortoise — Here's your "awwwwwwww, so cute!" moment for the day...nothing tops this one. Here we see a a desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) hatching from its egg, as photographed by one of our USGS scientists at the Western Ecological Research Center. USGS studies the life history and ecology of the desert tortoise, which is a federally listed threatened species only found in the Mojave Desert. Young tortoises are especially prone to predators like dogs and ravens, whose numbers can increase around areas of human activity and structures. Adult tortoises can be killed by car traffic, ingesting trash, and wildfires, and are affected by loss of habitat from urban and industrial development, cutting short their potential lifespan of 100 years. USGS research on desert tortoises are helping federal and state management agencies improve land use and conservation plans, and balance the recovery of this threatened species with other resource use priorities in the Mojave Desert landscape. Watch a video of a Desert Tortoise hatching at bit.ly/USGSTortoise. Photo Credit: K. Kristina Drake, USGS.

Desert Tortoise, Gopherus agassizii, in the sandy Nevada desert

Desert Tortoise, Gopherus agassizii, in the sandy Nevada desert

Desert Tortoise, Gopherus agassizi

Desert Tortoise, Gopherus agassizi

Close up shot of desert tortoise Gopherus agassizii and Gopherus morafkai, also known as desert turtles, are two species of

Close up shot of desert tortoise Gopherus agassizii and Gopherus morafkai, also known as desert turtles, are two species of

Close up shot of desert tortoise Gopherus agassizii and Gopherus morafkai, also known as desert turtles, are two species of

Close up shot of desert tortoise Gopherus agassizii and Gopherus morafkai, also known as desert turtles, are two species of

Mojave Desert Tortoise, Gopherus Agassizii, eating cactus foraging in the Red Cliffs Desert Reserve St George Southern Utah.

Mojave Desert Tortoise, Gopherus Agassizii, eating cactus foraging in the Red Cliffs Desert Reserve St George Southern Utah.

Desert Tortoise, Gopherus agassizii, in the sandy Nevada desert

Desert Tortoise, Gopherus agassizii, in the sandy Nevada desert

Sonoran Desert Tortoise Gopherus morafkai in Snow Canyon State Park, Utah, US. Threatened vulnerable species in Nature Red L

Sonoran Desert Tortoise Gopherus morafkai in Snow Canyon State Park, Utah, US. Threatened vulnerable species in Nature Red L

Endangered desert tortoise

Desert tortoise that just finished eating its greens. Desert tortoise that just finished eating its greens

Desert Tortoise, Gopherus agassizi

Desert Tortoise, Gopherus agassizi

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