Florida authorities are scrambling for solutions ... which is about what is required to keep sea turtles and gopher tortoises at bay. “Once the wide beach is built, these sea turtles will ...

In 2007, in response to growing urban sprawl and rules that allowed developers to legally kill, harm and entomb gopher tortoises in their burrows, Florida passed laws requiring the permitted ...

Behind the football stadium on the Tortuga trail and surrounding dorms is a 95-acre preserve dedicated to the conservation of ...

Officers with the Clearwater Police Department engaged in a “low-speed pursuit” Thursday with a tortoise that was found ...

A heartbreaking, contradictory trend is becoming increasingly popular in modern Florida: Wildlife preserves are not being ...

This Florida box turtle is missing part of his shoulder after being attacked by a predator, most likely a coyote. CROW gave him a fiberglass patch and released him. Gustavo, a gopher tortoise ...