Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Arizona has many venomous and scary-looking snakes, not to mention we also have some of the biggest snakes as well. The gopher ...

Once known as 'Hoover chickens,' the long-lived gopher tortoises are now at the center of a growing conservation battle.

Florida is home to plenty of species that need no introduction: alligators, crocodiles, panthers, or manatees. However, a silent sentinel lies within burrows of Florida’s grounds. The gopher tortoise ...

GAINSVILLE, FLA – To improve my chances, and because wandering around sandy scrub at dawn yelling ‘tortoise, please’ isn’t a real strategy, I arranged to meet Katherine Saylor, the Southeastern ...

The gopher tortoise is one of five tortoises native to North America and the only one east of the Mississippi River.

A new study reveals that an unconventional ecological intervention tactic is still providing benefits 43 years later. After the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens devastated the local environment, ...

April 10 is the annual Gopher Tortoise Day. Without this keystone species, entire ecosystems in Florida and other states would unravel. NPCA is working to save them, and here’s how you can help. On a ...