One of Southwest Florida's most beloved reptiles is finally getting celebrated the way it always deserved to be. Gopher Tortoise Day is April 10, with the goal of raising awareness for the threatened ...
Behold the majestic gopher tortoise, king of all eastern U.S. land-based tortoises, not least because it is the only land-based tortoise east of the Mississippi River. The tortoise's future is far ...
They have stumpy legs with strong feet designed for digging massive holes in sandy dunes. Gopher tortoises are among Florida's most ancient-looking critters, and they thrive at places like Bowditch ...
A rescued gopher tortoise arrived at the Nokuse Nature Preserve in Florida’s Panhandle while my sister Erica and I were there. It didn’t know how lucky it was. Across Florida, builders are required to ...
Florida Scientist, Vol. 55, No. 2 (Spring, 1992), pp. 116-125 (10 pages) In 1987-88, 14 populations of the gopher tortoise, Gopherus polyphemus (Daudin), residing on federal lands in Florida were ...
If you see this slowpoke on the road, give him wide berth. And, if traffic’s light, maybe even stop and give him a lift – off the asphalt. This traveler – Florida’s native gopher tortoise – merits ...
FORREST COUNTY, Miss. (WDAM) - The Mississippi Military Department released seven adult-sized gopher tortoises from the Head Start Program into the longleaf pine habitat at Camp Shelby near ...
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