Gophers (Geomyidae) are a family of rodents, with 41 known species burrowing through North and Central America. These furry ...

Yellowstone National Park is home to 11 species of reptiles and amphibians. Snakes make up nearly half of that number, with ...

NORTH PORT – The Environmental Conservancy of North Port and Surrounding Areas is driving to raise nearly $4,300 to meet a ...

The best way to celebrate Gopher Tortoise Day is to ensure there are more gopher tortoises across their natural range in the ...

Although a superpower, the U.S. is under constant invasion — we’re not talking humans here but meek-looking plants and ...

Unlike some animals at SFC Teaching Zoo, gopher tortoises aren’t just an attraction — they’re a keystone species crucial to Florida’s ecosystem. The tortoises are ecosystem engineers ...

With populations spanning all 67 counties, gopher tortoises are far too busy as Florida’s only native tortoise species for training to race rabbits. The reptiles serve their ecosystem as a keynote ...

Strangely enough, one species in the region experienced an unexpected windfall from the catastrophic event. The Guardian reports that Fort de Soto county park’s gopher tortoise population ...

Gopher tortoises are disappearing from Florida ... says park ranger Anna Yu to the Guardian’s Richard Luscombe. The species is listed as “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act ...

But this time, there were two 1-meter-square exceptions. Within these former gopher plots, FORTY THOUSAND different plant species were thriving. The gophers had done it! Fast forward another few ...

A gopher tortoise is seen along with debris on ... motion-activated cameras to study the park’s range of animal species. When the new arrivals washed ashore, it was a no-brainer for the duo ...