Samantha didn’t know it when she bought her peaceful 2-acre property, but there were at least two gopher tortoises already living beneath her future dream home site. A survey by a local biologist ...

Will Indian River County let RSG of Vero Beach build Ridge Top neighborhood atop 600 gopher tortoise burrows in Wabasso?

The sheer number of species that rely on a gopher tortoise burrow for survival, roughly 365, and the diversity of creatures ...

Have you ever wondered how tortoises lay eggs? For many temperate species, such as Mediterranean and North American tortoises ...

Gopher tortoises are a keystone species: one that others in natural systems depend on. Their burrows can host more than 300 other creatures, many of them also protected, like eastern indigo snakes ...

Hole-y burrows, Batman! It’s a gopher tortoise! No! Don’t touch it! Bam! Pow! We’ll leave Batman to fight his way out of the hole while we discuss — you guessed it — gopher tortoises ...

Florida gopher tortoises are a threatened species and 365 others depend on their burrows. Florida development boom is leaving little room for the native land tortoises. Developers may have to ...

It's rare to see alligators use tortoise burrows. This photo shows the 4.5-foot alligator outside the gopher tortoise burrow in Tattnall County, Georgia. Wildlife Resources Division - Georgia DNR ...

Camera stuck in tortoise burrow shows it has a rattlesnake for a roommate in Georgia By Mark Price. November 27, 2023 7:25 AM.

A tortoise was not present in the burrow, and we only observed the rattlesnake at the back, which was quite curious about our scope.” The researchers left the snake alone, which was a smart move.

A tortoise was not present in the burrow, and we only observed the rattlesnake at the back, which was quite curious about our scope.” The researchers left the snake alone, which was a smart move.

A tortoise was not present in the burrow, and we only observed the rattlesnake at the back, which was quite curious about our scope.” The researchers left the snake alone, which was a smart move.