Manatee County Natural Resources staff has welcomed the 100th relocation to its Gopher Tortoise Long-Term Recipient Site at the Duette Preserve.

Palm Beach Gardens disputes neighbor’s account of gopher tortoises in 14-acre site before clear-cutting began in August.

There’s a tradition among Florida developers of naming their projects after any natural attributes obliterated by the ...

FDOT paid $6 million for what became state forest property. DEP seems to be claiming the value somehow dropped to $85,000.

The Burrows, for all the imperiled gopher tortoises to be destroyed? Maybe The Rookery, in honor of the sandhill cranes? Or how about The Habitat, for the black bears? No, wait, I’ve got it.

returning to their burrow homes each day to rest or even invite guests over. Gopher tortoises are protected by state law but are still threatened by habitat fragmentation because we keep building ...

The parcel, known as the West Klosterman Preserve, represents less than 1% of original Florida scrub left in Pinellas. It's ...

He can point out the largest gopher tortoise burrow, or take you down an overgrown path to a rare colony of Florida rosemary ...

Charlotte County Board of Commissioners approved on Sept. 10 a rezoning request on the west side of U.S. Highway 17 that ...