It's easy to think the desert is dead during the summer, given the triple-digit heat and mass exodus of seasonal residents. But there's plenty of fun activities to keep boredom at bay.

The Desert Sun has assembled your guide for summer fun, which includes activities to meet anyone's budget. From seeing what's playing at local movie theaters to checking out what area hotels and ...

The Central Nevada Museum doesn’t just display history—it wears it proudly on its distinctive facade, inviting curious minds to step back in time. Photo credit: Lynette51 Even if you’re just passing ...

An Arizona family's adoption of a desert tortoise highlights a growing effort to place captive reptiles in secure homes.

After nearly four years of residence at Area 15, Pikai the desert tortoise sculpture will now call the Las Vegas Natural History Museum home thanks to Goodwill of Southern Nevada.

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — After nearly four years of residence at Area 15, Pikai the desert tortoise sculpture will now call the Las Vegas Natural History Museum home thanks to Goodwill of Southern Nevada.

An earthquake on Father’s Day shook areas of the Fort Irwin National Training Center and Barstow in the Mojave Desert. The magnitude 3.2 quake struck at 12:21 p.m., 9 miles south of Fort Irwin ...

Object Details Maker John Leh, Liberian, died 1987 Krahn artist Label Text Kran blacksmith John Leh (1900-1987), likely made this cast brass tortoise as part of Bill Siegmann’s research in 1986 into ...

Biden’s visit to the desert also comes nearly a year after his wife, first lady Jill Biden, was the headlining speaker for a private Democratic fundraiser in Rancho Mirage.

C A I R O, Egypt, Aug. 31 -- A tortoise laboriously pulls itself up toa thorny shrub in the arid desert, slowly plucking at theplant ’ s stems in an attempt to suck out any moisture.