Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ALBANY — Love is in the air for Georgia’s official state reptile, and female gopher tortoises are busy laying clutches of eggs ...

Joey Manna travels to a Gainesville-area state park to photograph Florida’s gopher tortoise and meets Katherine Saylor of ...

WINK News saw a couple of gopher tortoises enjoying the afternoon weather on Wednesday. However, that is exactly why Lee County decided to be part of the Gopher Tortoise Day celebration. Nonprofits, ...

She’s spent 20 days at Honeymoon Island State Park urging drivers to slow down. It’s working. Maggie Serus, 71, of Dunedin, uses a sign to warn drivers of the presence of gopher tortoises on the ...

Two gopher tortoises were spray painted with bright colors in Naples, Florida, causing a local conservancy to rush to their aid Conservancy of Southwest Florida An act of vandalism could have a ...

Boasting more than 80 distinct ecosystems, Florida is a biodiversity hot spot. In fact, more than 4,000 animal species are native to the Sunshine State. In the heat of summer, a growing number of ...

A rescued gopher tortoise arrived at the Nokuse Nature Preserve in Florida's Panhandle while my sister Erica and I were there. It didn't know how lucky it was. Across Florida, builders are required to ...

LABELLE, Fla. (WINK) — Two LaBelle residents are raising concerns about the threat to a protected species due to rapid community growth. The gopher tortoise, Florida's only native tortoise species, is ...