MOJAVE DESERT — The desert tortoise, a once-resilient reptile, is a keystone species in the Mojave Desert, where other animals depend for their survival on the burrows it digs. But it is imperiled in ...

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Part of me withers during the scorching summer months. I sequester myself inside, instead of venturing too far into the ...

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