Dog is first in United States trained to find gopher tortoises and burrows. Goal is to protect gopher tortoises from ...

A rescued gopher tortoise arrived at the Nokuse Nature Preserve in Florida’s Panhandle while my sister Erica and I were there. It didn’t know how lucky it was. Across Florida, builders are required to ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - The Georgia Gopher Tortoise Initiative has reached its goal of permanently protecting 65 viable tortoise populations, according to a news release from the Georgia Department of ...

Boasting more than 80 distinct ecosystems, Florida is a biodiversity hot spot. In fact, more than 4,000 animal species are native to the Sunshine State. In the heat of summer, a growing number of ...

She’s spent 20 days at Honeymoon Island State Park urging drivers to slow down. It’s working. Max Chesnes is the Tampa Bay Times' environment and climate reporter, covering public lands, water quality ...

Editor's note: This story has been updated to correct contact information for the wildlife group. Cape Coral Friends of Wildlife is an active group, and this winter is no different as the group has ...

Not so long ago, one Georgia species was in critical danger of extinction, but in 2022 for the ecosystem, The US Fish and Wildlife Service declared the gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus)to be no ...

— Georgia is winning the race to save the state’s reptile. Channel 2’s Berndt Petersen shows us the decade long effort to help the number of Gopher tortoises bounce back. In the South Georgia ...

Saving gopher tortoises means protecting their homes, not just moving them By Bonnie Jean Feldkamp A rescued gopher tortoise arrived at the Nokuse Nature Preserve in Florida’s Panhandle while my ...

Burrow associates of the gopher tortoise : proceedings of the 8th annual meeting of the Gopher Tortoise Council, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, 13-15 November 1987 / C. Kenneth Dodd ... [et al.], ...

INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — A Vero Beach man was charged with the unlawful taking of a gopher tortoise after deputies and a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officer found one by his feet ...