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

The International Union for Conservation of Nature has upgraded the gopher tortoise’s fragility rating from vulnerable to ...

At 82, former Harlem Globetrotter Rudy Thomas has found a new team to coach at a Jacksonville retirement community. Many of his players are women and some use wheelchairs. They call themselves — wait ...

The state-designated threatened gopher tortoise may be in more trouble than previously thought with the International Union ...

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

Nova Scotia's Museum of Natural History said the surgery was a success, but Gus will require eight to 10 weeks of recovery ...

The Trump administration says the changes align more closely with the original Endangered Species Act, but environmental advocates say they put some of Louisiana’s rarest animals in jeopardy, ...

A lowly 104-year-old tortoise that underwent surgery Tuesday to remove a bladder stone is getting encouragement from high ...

HALIFAX — A beloved 104-year-old gopher tortoise, Gus, is receiving love and well wishes from supporters across the world ...

Gopher Gus the Lettuce King is in overall good health, according to the Museum of Natural history in a statement. But a recent CT scan by Gus' veterinary team showed a urinary stone is starting to ...

Each May and June, biologists collect up to 100 gopher tortoise eggs and raise the hatchlings for about two years before ...