Dog is first in United States trained to find gopher tortoises and burrows. Goal is to protect gopher tortoises from ...

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 ...

She’s spent 20 days at Honeymoon Island State Park urging drivers to slow down. It’s working. Max Chesnes is the Tampa Bay Times' environment and climate reporter, covering public lands, water quality ...

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 ...

After three years, Conserve Southwest Utah has wrapped up its effort to collect data on federally threatened Mojave desert tortoises and other wildlife in the Beaver Dam Wash National Conservation ...

ATLANTA — The Georgia Gopher Tortoise Initiative has successfully reached its goal of permanently protecting 65 viable gopher tortoise populations, as announced by the Georgia Department of Natural ...

Volunteers remove invasive plants at Sanibel's C.R. Johnston Preserve to restore habitat for threatened gopher tortoises.

Saving gopher tortoises means protecting their homes, not just moving them By Bonnie Jean Feldkamp A rescued gopher tortoise arrived at the Nokuse Nature Preserve in Florida’s Panhandle while my ...

Death Valley’s wildlife beats the odds in a place defined by extremes. The hottest, driest, and lowest landscape in the ...

Having live animals as props is an effective way to get an audience’s attention. When I was at the University of Georgia’s Savannah River Ecology Lab, we used live specimens in our presentations ...