Gopher tortoises tend to be solitary animals, but during the summer, they socialize because it’s mating season.

Fewer than 100 dusky gopher frogs were known to remain. Thanks to some very dedicated humans, numbers are now on the rise.

The Heritage Ranch Gopher Tortoise Preserve offers a long-term refuge for slow movers with a big ecological role.

Gopher tortoises are an amazing species that burrow and live underground. Read here to learn how other animals also use their burrows!

This is the second of six weekly wildlife articles submitted by the Barrier Island Parks Society to raise awareness. Invasive ...

Aaron Zimmermann, a environmental specialist for the City of North Port says the tortoises are a common sight. ”They might be ...

Daily, staff at New Mexico Wildlife Center in Española never know what is going to come through the doors. While the ...

A man was caught on video picking up what appears to be a gopher tortoise along the Jupiter Riverwalk, before repeatedly ...

Santa Rosa County began to fix a problem spot for flooding on Pine Blossom Road -- digging ditches to lay culvert pipes for ...

The discovery and required removal of state-protected gopher tortoises from the site has temporarily halted Santa Rosa County ...