After a female tortoise is fertilized, she undergoes several changes. After mating, the female tortoise will carry eggs for weeks to months, depending on the species. As the female tortoise gets ...

Florida is home to plenty of species that need no introduction: alligators, crocodiles, panthers, or manatees. However, a silent sentinel lies within burrows of Florida's grounds. The gopher tortoise ...

Joey Manna travels to a Gainesville-area state park to photograph Florida’s gopher tortoise and meets Katherine Saylor of ...

PALM CITY, Fla. — A gopher tortoise was picked up in Port St. Lucie, when a homeowner found her in their yard painted with nail polish. Now, it's undergoing cleaning and treatment at the Treasure ...

A determined gopher tortoise has made itself at home in Nancy Cyphert's front yard in Fort Myers. This unexpected visitor is not only digging a massive hole under her house but is also causing concern ...

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 ...