A gopher tortoise emerges from its burrow. In the Depression they saved starving Floridians but now they're the ones that need saving. (Photo via Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.) ...

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 ...

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 ...

"Because of habitat destruction the gopher tortoises are infringing a little bit more with the human population," Fox said. According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conversation Commission (FWC ...

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 ...

After a gopher tortoise was recently hit by a car, East Lee Wildlife Stewardship Group wants Lee County to install signs for gopher tortoise crossings.

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 ...