A Vero Beach man, 28, was taken into custody July 31 on an active warrant for the unlawful taking of a gopher tortoise.

Manatee County receives a 20% discount for its own projects that require gopher tortoise relocation. A developer pays market ...

The animals are typically outside of their burrows midday to bask in peak sunlight ... She had never seen a gopher tortoise ...

Florida’s wild icons—from panthers to butterflies—are vanishing fast, caught in the crosshairs of development and climate ...

Topics include environmental concerns, government actions, and political figures. Letters express both support and criticism of current policies and events. Several letters focus on the impact of ...

Hidden just outside Tampa in the tiny town of Thonotosassa lies Hillsborough River State Park – 3,383 acres of pristine Florida wilderness that somehow remains one of the state’s best-kept secrets.

St. George Island State Park occupies the eastern end of its namesake island, a 22-mile sliver of paradise floating in the Gulf of Mexico along the state’s forgotten coast. And “forgotten” is the ...

The gopher tortoise is federally listed as threatened in Louisiana, Mississippi and western Alabama. Throughout the rest of ...

The state Department of Natural Resources announced Wednesday that the Georgia Gopher Tortoise Initiative has reached its goal of permanently protecting 65 viable tortoise populations. No. 65 is an ...

The Georgia Gopher Tortoise Initiative has successfully reached its goal of permanently protecting 65 gopher tortoise populations.

Sargassum seaweed mats both help and hinder Florida sea turtle hatchlings. Sargassum seaweed washing up on Florida’s shores in record amounts is becoming a serious threat to vulnerable sea turtle ...