"Is that how you get tortoise shell cats," one user said, while another added: "I have never seen a tortoise move that fast." ...

By 2100 nearly three-quarters of the remaining gopher tortoise populations will be lost, the Service projects. “Without lifesaving Endangered Species Act protection for our gopher tortoises, urban ...

Originating 60 million years ago, the gopher tortoise is one of the oldest living species on the planet and the only native North American tortoise species east of the Mississippi River.

Plans call for the Korn Tract to eventually become part of the adjacent Aiken Gopher Tortoise Heritage Preserve, which the South Carolina Department of National Resources manages. “You will ...

Eastern indigo snake populations often make their homes in gopher tortoise burrows during winter. Native to the southeastern United States, the eastern indigo snake (Drymarchon couperi ...

Beginning Dec. 1, in cooperation with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, the County’s Natural Resources Department is opening a Gopher Tortoise Long-Term Recipient Site at ...

The Environmental Conservancy of North Port has completed its fundraising goal to purchase its first parcel in Englewood for ...

Tarpon Springs Aquarium opens after keeping animals safe through two hurricanes. Groupers became roommates with horses, tortoises hung out in the gift shop.

They live in pine forests and sandy areas, frequently using gopher tortoise burrows for shelter. Diamondback rattlesnakes are generally solitary creatures, coming together only during the breeding ...

Former Coral Springs Mayor Roy Gold will host groups of residents and guests on his monthly nature tour of Sandy Ridge ...