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.) ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Monday is Gopher Tortoise Day. To celebrate, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officials are encouraging Floridians to help with conservation efforts for the threatened ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — A new specialty plate supporting Florida’s gopher tortoise is now available for purchase, and it is for a good cause. Wildlands Conservation unveiled the design of the gopher tortoise ...

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

Gopher tortoises imperiled by loss of habitat largely caused by human development should be placed on the endangered species list in four southern states, environmental groups said Wednesday as they ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A Florida animal sanctuary is reminding residents and tourists to stop painting the shells of turtles and gopher tortoises. The reminder comes after a female gopher tortoise was ...

TCPalm environment reporter Timothy O'Hara heard about a proposed Indian River County housing development that could wipe out an unprecedented number of gopher tortoise burrows. Beyond compiling ...

ZEPHYRHILLS, Fla. — A gopher tortoise is now in the care of Owl's Nest Sanctuary after the animal was found in Zephyrhills with a desecrated shell. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission ...

Government agencies agree the gopher tortoise is in trouble. The lumbering grazers get squeezed by development, hit by cars, killed by disease and preyed on by invasive species like fire ants, which ...

Once fully trained, Echo will be the first dog in the United States that sniffs out gopher tortoises, according to Jones and Kristine Hoffmann, a wildlife biologist and conservation dog handler from ...