The displacement of gopher tortoises illustrates how even resilient species are being pushed to their limits. Experts stunned ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — The Toledo Zoo's 80-year-old Galapagos tortoise "Emerson" has died, the zoo said in a social media post Friday ...

During that cleanup, park officials noticed something had changed across the more than 1,100-acre park – an exploding gopher tortoise population. Fort De Soto Park Manager, Dave Harshbarger ...

The Hernando Sun is a locally owned weekly newspaper. The founders of the newspaper are Rocco and Julie Maglio. They saw the need for a newspaper when the Hernando Today newspaper closed their doors ...

Pinellas County has bought a 14-acre preserve near Tarpon Springs following a conservation campaign led by neighbors who ...

In 2016, the Gopher Tortoise Council adopted April 10 as Gopher Tortoise Day in Florida to increase awareness and appreciation for the protected species, the city of Sanibel reported. It is considered ...

They eat the eggs of ground-nesting birds—including quail and turkeys—and other reptiles like the American alligator and gopher tortoise which are protected species. They will also eat chicken ...

Some are diminutive: Behind an east Marco Island Publix, Barfield Burrows Preserve shelters a four-acre network of tunnels, home to gopher tortoises and burrowing owls – hence the name.

BAY COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) – April 10th, Floridians are invited to ‘shell-I-brate’ Gopher Tortoise Day. Gopher tortoises are found in all 67 counties in Florida and are often found in ...

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PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. — Driven by the success of a citizen-led movement, Pinellas County has finalized the purchase of a preserve near Tarpon Springs that many residents worried would be sold to ...