Female tortoises are bearing the brunt of the brutal behaviour of their male counterparts, who are regularly pushing them off ...

The Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation (SCCF) is seeking volunteers for a Gopher Tortoise Habitat Maintenance Day on May ...

The exhibit, which is being funded by a $50,000 HMMA investment, will be located in the NaturePlex at the Alabama Nature ...

While this surprisingly energetic gopher tortoise is rarely seen in The Villages or elsewhere, it's certainly a welcome sight watching it forage and scurry along in search of tasty shoots of grass and ...

Cleveland Botanical Garden is hosting a monthlong celebration for two 50-year-old radiated tortoises featuring activities and ...

This is the amusing moment a stranded tortoise did a little leap into the air as a kind police officer helped it onto a kerb. Officers from the Bradenton Police Department spotted the gopher tortoise ...

Earth Day is April 22 this year. TCPalm has articles and photo galleries about wildlife on the Treasure Coast.

VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – An investigation has kicked off this week after a gopher tortoise was found sprayed in its face and shell with foam insulation, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife ...

An investigation has kicked off this week after a gopher tortoise was found sprayed in its face and shell with foam insulation, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) ...

DELAND, Fla. - Authorities in Florida are searching for two teenagers accused of spraying expanding foam insulation into the mouth of a gopher tortoise in DeLand, an incident wildlife officials are ...

Dog is first in United States trained to find gopher tortoises and burrows. Goal is to protect gopher tortoises from development. Gopher tortoise burrows provide food and habitat for about 365 species ...

— Georgia is winning the race to save the state’s reptile. Channel 2’s Berndt Petersen shows us the decade long effort to help the number of Gopher tortoises bounce back. In the South Georgia ...