The loss of hundreds of Fish and Wildlife employees could have immediate and long-term impacts on wild places, including ...

Following more than three decades of declining numbers, the Mojave desert tortoise has been officially declared an endangered species in California. The California Fish and Game Commission voted u ...

Floridians are gearing up to celebrate Gopher Tortoise Day on April 10th, a statewide event dedicated to raising awareness ...

These large lizards can reach up to 5 feet long in some cases, and they pose a potential threat to the state if left ...

While tortoises across their range continue to lose their homes and lives in the wake of human development, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has relegated the eastern population of gopher tortoises ...

The flawed model was used by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to deny federal Endangered Species Act protections to the tortoises across most of their range in 2022. Using a corrected model, the ...

In exchange for the state forest land, the district would receive roughly 550 acres of Lee Peanut Farms LLC’s farmland along ...

A casualty of the Eaton fire was the destruction of the Eaton Canyon Nature Center in Pasadena, which lost 15 animals who ...

Let me first make it clear that I am a big fan of peanuts — the tasty legume favored by George Washington Carver, that is, ...

Bennett, and representatives from the Fish and Wildlife Service and BLM. The desert tortoise was added to the endangered species list in 1990. Shortly after, grazing permits were restricted or ...

The different species vary in size, with the largest being the Burmese mountain tortoise (also known as the Asian brown tortoise). It reaches up to 60cm in length and weighs up to 20-37kg. Most Asian ...

They eat fish and other animals. There are many species of tortoise. Tortoises are slow moving reptiles and are the longest-living land animals in the world. Some are known to have lived for over ...