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 ...

Burrow associates of the gopher tortoise : proceedings of the 8th annual meeting of the Gopher Tortoise Council, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, 13-15 November 1987 / C. Kenneth Dodd ... [et al.], ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - The Georgia Gopher Tortoise Initiative has reached its goal of permanently protecting 65 viable tortoise populations, according to a news release from the Georgia Department of ...

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 ...

Dog is first in United States trained to find gopher tortoises and burrows. Goal is to protect gopher tortoises from development. Gopher tortoise burrows provide food and habitat for about 365 species ...

SANTA ROSA COUNTY, Fla. -- Santa Rosa County began to fix a problem spot for flooding on Pine Blossom Road -- digging ditches to lay culvert pipes for storm water to flow through -- but all that ...