The best way to celebrate Gopher Tortoise Day is to ensure there are more gopher tortoises across their natural range in the southeast United States. Founded in 2013, the Forestland Stewards ...

The International Union for Conservation of Nature has published a new assessment that revises the gopher tortoise’s status from “vulnerable” to “critically endangered” on the IUCN Red List of ...

Foresters take their responsibility to guard protected species seriously. When it comes to the gopher tortoise, a keystone species whose burrow provides shelter to more than 300 other types of forest ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Wildlife in Southwest Florida can face an array of challenges in order to survive. Natural predators, hurricanes, vehicles and the ...

Yuliang Huang sees something in maps others miss: he sees stories and relationships and a way to answer questions. His passion ignited a project that earned the 17-year old Edgewood Jr./Sr. High ...

The devastating Hurricane Helene arrived at Florida’s Big Bend region in late September 2024. Unfortunately, the category four storm brought much damage through massive flooding, intense tornadoes, ...

Developers were quietly given another 60 days to skirt gopher tortoise protection rules as the state struggles to find viable land to relocate the beleaguered reptile amid a building boom.

AUBURNDALE — A lucky gopher tortoise was dug out of its Auburndale burrow after being entombed by developers, leaving residents wondering whether more are trapped. Auburndale resident Ken Robertson ...