Fox said he’s treating more and more threatened gopher tortoises these days, as our communities undergo lots of development, pushing tortoises out of their burrows. "We see probably 20 to 30 ...

Late in 2023, California almond growers – responsible for a crop valued at $3.88 billion in 2023 – started to hear about a potentially devastating new pest, the carpophilus beetle ( Carpophilus ...

DEAR BRIAN: Ants don’t care whether the soil is soft or hard, they’re going to do what they do. Considering that most of the ...

Mike Terrell with Palm Beach Zoo said that gopher tortoises will burrow underground during the cold temperatures. “So, with these guys, when temperatures get down to the 60s and below ...

The biggest danger for wildlife is the aftermath. But many species have evolved to rely on the opportunities created by ...

In the Sandhills, adult gopher frogs will commonly find refuge in stump holes and burrows made by other animals, such as another Sandhills resident, the gopher tortoise. This commensalism with the ...

There are a number of creatures that create mounds as they build tunnels and burrows. They range in size from worms to moles, voles, ground squirrels and gophers. If the mini volcanoes are ...

LEHIGH ACRES, Fla. — Lehigh's empty lots make a perfect spot for gopher tortoise burrows. Kara Tyler Julian with the East Lee Wildlife Stewardship Group (ELWSG)pointed out an elevated burrow ...