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 ...

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

In a formal peer-reviewed letter published today in Global Ecology and Conservation, experts in modeling and turtle biology detailed several errors in a population viability model that led to a ...

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 ...

Now select the ‘Manage’ option appearing in the top ribbon under the ‘Picture Tools’ Select the ‘Slide Show’ option to begin the photos slideshow. As soon as you click the ‘Slide ...

Whether it’s a gopher tortoise that has been hit by a car or an eagle that got stuck in a canal, her job as senior wildlife rehabilitator presents a whole range of ailments and injuries to tackle.

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 ...

An endangered sea turtle has been released into the Gulf of Mexico after being found off the coast of the Netherlands, 5,000 ...

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People often use the words turtle and tortoise interchangeably, but these reptiles have distinct differences: Turtle shells are typically more flattened and not as deeply domed as tortoise shells, but ...

Due to many anthropogenic threats, the gopher tortoise is declining throughout its range in the southeastern United States. Translocation—the movement of animals from one location to another—has ...

Finger or Gopher, both things we remember from our student days, but neither of which was a match for the browser. All is not lost though, because the Gemini protocol is a more modern take on ...