They’ve been monitoring gopher tortoise burrows for 20 years, identifying 10 burrows with about five tortoises. The protected creatures will be temporarily relocated to other suitable areas ...

He gets dressed, goes about his daily business, and at some point during the day, he heads out of his front door to take his ...

Engineering crews and pink survey ribbons were spotted in and near the Split Oak Forest Wednesday, a sign that a ...

Not all pets demand constant attention, and if you’re looking for a chill, low-fuss companion, turtles might be the perfect ...

For highly social animals, being alone can be stressful – often leading to poor health and anxiety – but solitary animals do just fine. In fact, Middle East blind mole rats become stressed and anxious ...

Since then, she's returned to her home state of New York; and the property, well it's been gifted to a wildlife organization for the preservation of burrowing owl and gopher tortoise habitat.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis added more than 3,800 acres to SW FL conservation land, part of a 34,595 Wildlife Corridor acres ...

This little tank of a tortoise is about as easygoing as they come. They are small, sturdy, and don't need elaborate care. A warm, dry enclosure with loose soil for burrowing and a simple diet of ...

Ten years after his death, Terry Pratchett’s funny, clever (and bestselling) books remind us that it's not enough to be good in our hearts, writes Marc Burrows. We must refuse to accept a world define ...

Home to wildlife such as bald eagles, gopher tortoises, Florida black bears ... eastern indigo snake, Florida burrowing owl and red-cockaded woodpecker. It is also within the Florida Wildlife ...