Disturbing a desert tortoise in its native habitat is not only risky for the tortoise, it's illegal, state officials say.

Cardinal Mauro Gambetti blesses animals in St. Peter’s Square for the feast of St. Anthony of the Desert, co-patron of animals, on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024. Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA ...

There's something that sets The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens, a local association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA), apart from other institutions. It's that the zoo represents the desert environments ...

His holy life in the Egyptian desert was recorded by St. Athanasius in “The Life of St. Antony.” The annual Vatican tradition had been canceled for the past two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic.