"Is that how you get tortoise shell cats," one user said, while another added: "I have never seen a tortoise move that fast." ...

Officers with the Clearwater Police Department engaged in a "low-speed pursuit" Thursday with a tortoise that was found ...

We’re bringing this case because gopher tortoises and the hundreds of other species that rely on them for survival are worthy of our care and concern.” The Service denied protections in late 2022 ...

Eastern indigo snake populations often make their homes in gopher tortoise burrows during winter. Native to the southeastern United States, the eastern indigo snake (Drymarchon couperi ...

Beginning Dec. 1, in cooperation with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, the County’s Natural Resources Department is opening a Gopher Tortoise Long-Term Recipient Site at ...

By 2100 nearly three-quarters of the remaining gopher tortoise populations will be lost, the Service projects. “Without lifesaving Endangered Species Act protection for our gopher tortoises, urban ...