Two gopher tortoises were spray painted with bright colors in Naples, Florida, causing a local conservancy to rush to their aid An act of vandalism could have a lasting effect on a pair of gopher ...

Fittingly, gopher tortoises in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama (west of the Mobile and Tombigbee rivers) are protected as threatened under the Endangered Species Act — but those in eastern Alabama, ...

Fittingly, gopher tortoises in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama (west of the Mobile and Tombigbee rivers) are protected as threatened under the Endangered Species Act — but those in eastern Alabama, ...

The gopher tortoise ... a destructive exotic species now common throughout the tortoises' entire range. We surveyed ants using tuna bait at 154 G. polyphemus burrows in a greenway reserve established ...

Three more specialty license plates will soon be available on Florida’s roads including ones supporting Israel, K9s and gopher tortoises. The “Florida Stands With Israel” and “K9s United ...

The gopher tortoise remains a threatened species in Florida because of loss of its upland habitat. They dig burrows that are used by 350 other animal species, according to the Wildlands ...