What would you say are some hallmarks of longtime Floridians? As a Florida native, I’d say a love of our plentiful outdoor ...

BUT CAN MAKE THEIR LIFE AGAINST PREDATORS VERY DIFFICULT FOR THE NATIVE GOPHER TORTOISE HERE IN FLORIDA. THEY USE THEIR SHELL AS A WAY TO HIDE FROM PREDATORS. UNFORTUNATELY FOR THIS GIRL ...

A gopher tortoise was picked up in Port St. Lucie, when a homeowner found her in their yard painted with nail polish.

Conservancy biologists have observed pythons using gopher tortoise and armadillo burrows to seek refuge from cold events." But, according to a USGS report on Burmese pythons in Florida ...

Gopher tortoises in limited parts of Louisiana, Mississippi and western Alabama are protected under the federal Endangered Species Act. Those in eastern Alabama, Florida, Georgia and South Carolina ...

The colored orbs were shells of gopher tortoises that had been spray painted, which is illegal in Florida, officials say. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission photo A strange pink and ...

An act of vandalism could have a lasting effect on a pair of gopher tortoises in southwest Florida. The Conservancy of Southwest Florida in Naples originally shared in a Nov. 22 Facebook post that the ...