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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new specialty plate supporting Florida’s gopher tortoise is now available for purchase, and it is for a good cause. Wildlands ...

The Center for Biological Diversity and Nokuse Education, Inc., filed the lawsuit in federal court in Jacksonville after the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in October said increased protections were ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— In a formal peer-reviewed letter published today in Global Ecology and Conservation, experts in modeling and turtle biology detailed several errors in a population viability ...

The fate of the gopher tortoise, Georgia’s state reptile and the only land tortoise in the eastern U.S., has worried conservationists for decades. Habitat loss and other factors have pushed ...

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 ...

One of Southwest Florida's most beloved reptiles is finally getting celebrated the way it always deserved to be. Gopher Tortoise Day is April 10, with the goal of raising awareness for the threatened ...

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The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is offering a reward for information after a gopher tortoise was found completely covered in red spray paint with concrete on its limbs in Lake ...

Three properties on Marco Island will be purchased and preserved for threatened and endangered wildlife at a cost of $5.39 million from the Conservation Collier fund, the Board of County Commissioners ...