With populations spanning all 67 counties, gopher tortoises are far too busy as Florida’s only native tortoise species for ...

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

Dusky gopher frogs spend most of their lives underground, in burrows created by gopher tortoises — hence their name — and other animals. In the winter they migrate to temporary ponds to breed, and ...

Goessling said they can swim, but don’t like ... gopher tortoises are on Egmont Key compared to how many have been relocated by storms, and the most recent storms give them even more of a reason ...

The Guardian reports that Fort de Soto county park’s gopher tortoise population has actually increased since Hurricane Helene. Park rangers recently reported 84 active burrows in the Florida ...