Yet despite its vulnerability, the gopher tortoise is considered a keystone species; its burrows — both active and abandoned ...

A Florida family planned their dream home, until protected tortoises took over. Now, they're paying $1,300 in taxes for ...

The sheer number of species that rely on a gopher tortoise burrow for survival, roughly 365, and the diversity of creatures sharing the burrow is astounding. Also, how deep, long and sturdy the ...

Will Indian River County let Tolls Brothers build Ridge Top neighborhood atop 600 gopher tortoise burrows in Wabasso?

Marine turtles migrate long distances between their feeding grounds and nesting sites. They have a large shell called a carapace, four strong, paddle-like flippers and like all reptiles, lungs for ...

Since being deemed a threatened species, they must be relocated ... and mature at slower rates than South Florida tortoises that can eat all winter, Moore said. Tortoises face other challenges ...

Attracted by bait, sea turtles off the coast of southern Peru often get caught on fishing hooks intended for mahi-mahi.

More than 500 people gathered at Topsail Hill Preserve State Park Tuesday morning to witness eight sea turtles, rehabilitated ...

State regulators are set to hear from petitioners seeking to require terrapin excluder devices on crab cages next week. The ...

She’s right. The best part of the exhibit is the live animals. The snake-necked turtle’s neck grows to over half the size of ...

To celebrate World Sea Turtle Day, Cape Hatteras National Seashore is reminding beach goers to watch out for nests. According ...

Cheers erupted from a crowd of several hundred beachgoers at Ocean City’s 40th Street beach Thursday morning as two ...