PINELLAS CO, Fla. — Fort De Soto Park was ravaged by hurricane Helene, leaving behind a trail of debris that took months to cleanup. During that cleanup, park officials noticed something had changed ...

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Florida is home to plenty of species that need no introduction: alligators, crocodiles, panthers, or manatees. However, a silent sentinel lies within burrows of Florida's grounds. The gopher tortoise ...

A week and a half before the first tipoff, most teams have a pretty good sense of their season identity. For Gopher Women’s Basketball, that shifted unexpectedly last week when Minnesota native and ...

A rescued gopher tortoise arrived at the Nokuse Nature Preserve in Florida’s Panhandle while my sister Erica and I were there. It didn’t know how lucky it was. Across Florida, builders are required to ...

The fate of the gopher tortoise, Georgia’s state reptile and the only land tortoise in the eastern U.S., has worried conservationists for decades. Habitat loss and other factors have pushed ...

She’s spent 20 days at Honeymoon Island State Park urging drivers to slow down. It’s working. Max Chesnes is the Tampa Bay Times' environment and climate reporter, covering public lands, water quality ...

While it’s easy to see the University of Minnesota’s toothy mascot, Goldy, out and about for Golden Gophers fall sports, not many residents know about or have seen the mammal credited with inspiring ...

On a busy stretch of Eighth Street in downtown Los Angeles, taco trucks circle a smattering of hotels and fast-casual chains like Sweetgreen and Shake Shack. Amid the cafes and takeout spots, an ...

Chloe is a digital producer at CBS Minnesota in Minneapolis and has worked in numerous positions at the station, including Assignment Editor, Digital Line Producer and Web Producer. She started her ...

Fewer than 100 dusky gopher frogs were known to remain. Thanks to some very dedicated humans, numbers are now on the rise. Credit...Tony Cenicola/the New York Times Supported by By Catrin Einhorn It ...

Boasting more than 80 distinct ecosystems, Florida is a biodiversity hot spot. In fact, more than 4,000 animal species are native to the Sunshine State. In the heat of summer, a growing number of ...