What would you say are some hallmarks of longtime Floridians? As a Florida native, I’d say a love of our plentiful outdoor ...

Wildlife experts at the Treasure Coast Wildlife Center are working to clean a gopher tortoise found covered in nail polish.

A gopher tortoise was picked up in Port St. Lucie, when a homeowner found her in their yard painted with nail polish.

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As this keystone species' name suggests, the gopher tortoise is an expert at living underground — like a gopher. Gopher tortoises have shovel-like front legs and strong, thick back legs to help them ...

Two gopher tortoises were spray painted with bright colors in Naples, Florida, causing a local conservancy to rush to their aid Conservancy of Southwest Florida An act of vandalism could have a ...

NAPLES, Fla. (WFLA) — Two gopher tortoises, found spray-painted blue and pink, were taken to receive treatment from the Conservancy of Southwest Florida this week. The first gopher tortoise was ...

The wetlands "have more species of amphibian than the Everglades do. ... When these wetlands decline, the whole ecosystem declines.” ...

An act of vandalism could have a lasting effect on a pair of gopher tortoises in southwest Florida. The Conservancy of Southwest Florida in Naples originally shared in a Nov. 22 Facebook post that the ...