Tucked away in the back of the Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo, 10 rescued gopher tortoises spend their days grazing and ...

Park rangers say at least 84 gopher tortoises are now living at Fort de Soto Park near St. Petersburg. Prior to Hurricane ...

After Hurricane Helene devastated Florida’s coast, gopher tortoise populations unexpectedly surged in one area.

Keep Aiken County Beautiful and the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources will hold a special Earth Day Cleanup at the Aiken Gopher Tortoise Heritage Preserve.

"Each one of these poles marks a gopher tortoise burrow, and gopher tortoises dig burrows into the ground. And that's where they live," said Janet Windisch, the corresponding secretary for the ...

“We did have a gopher tortoise population in the park, but it was limited, 8 known burrows at that time. After Helene, we started to find tortoise out on our beaches, quickly realized it wasn ...

Gopher tortoises have shovel-like front legs and strong, thick back legs to help them dig intricate burrows, which they can enter and exit easily thanks to their low-profile shells. When these ...

The owners of those tunnels? Gopher tortoises. The tortoises build and live in sandy, 15-foot-long underground passages, known as burrows. Inside, they enjoy a relatively cool life, with their ...