As this keystone species' name suggests, the gopher tortoise is an expert at living underground — like a gopher. Gopher tortoises have shovel-like front legs and strong, thick back legs to help them ...

More than a month after being found covered in nail polish, a gopher tortoise at the Treasure Coast Wildlife Center is nearly ...

That's right. Spray paint. The Conservancy of Southwest Florida in Naples recently treated two gopher tortoises that were spray painted by someone who thought it might be a fun idea to do that ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— The Center for Biological Diversity and Nokuse Education, Inc. sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today for denying Endangered Species Act protections to gopher tortoises ...