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

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

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

TAMPA, Fla. — Brooker Creek Preserve: To many, it’s a place where humans are invited to observe Wild Florida. And if you are ...

Green Guardians wants county-owned property in Hudson protected as conservation land, while Pasco County evaluates it as one of two potential sites for a new facility.

By MEGHAN BRADBURY mbradbury@breezenewspapers.com The Sanibel Planning Commission unanimously approved the application for the redevelopment of Waterside Inn, subject to 35 conditions, during its ...

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Among the nearly $10 million in Conservation Collier purchase approvals are 1.28 acres in Marco Island where burrowing owls, gopher tortoises live.

Seabranch Preserve State Park is sitting right there along the St. Lucie River, looking like a scene from a nature ...

Technology developed by an Australian engineer to explore wombat burrows has been sent to eastern Türkiye to join in the ...

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 ...