A new report from the International Union for Conservation of Nature revises the gopher tortoise’s status from vulnerable to critically endangered.

Florida’s iconic gopher tortoise is in trouble, experts say. The keystone species, which is vital to ecosystems across six ...

The International Union for Conservation of Nature has published a new assessment that revises the gopher tortoise’s status from “vulnerable” to “critically endangered” on the IUCN Red List of ...

GAINSVILLE, FLA – To improve my chances, and because wandering around sandy scrub at dawn yelling ‘tortoise, please’ isn’t a real strategy, I arranged to meet Katherine Saylor, the Southeastern ...

Around 500 rare dusky gopher frogs were released in south Mississippi as part of an effort to rebuild the critically endangered species' population A local resident, Jim Currie, offered up his private ...