More than a third of adult gopher tortoises have died at a nature preserve in St. Petersburg, and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is investigating. Axios Tampa Bay reports ...

“Gopher tortoises live along time. These guys are estimated at least into their 80s,” said Spencer Schultz, an animal care professionalist with ZooTampa.”Finding a die-off of this magnitude ...

A Florida family planned their dream home, until protected tortoises took over. Now, they're paying $1,300 in taxes for ...

BACKGROUND. Sadly gopher tortoises are struggling to survive as their habitat is destroyed for urban development. They need large, unfragmented parcels of undeveloped land, so any disruptions or ...