As this keystone species' name suggests, the gopher tortoise is an expert at living underground — like a gopher. Gopher tortoises have shovel-like front legs and strong, thick back legs to help them ...

Because of this, gopher tortoises are considered a keystone species. Gopher tortoises are currently listed as a vulnerable species; however, as of the time this article was written, this species ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— Following a petition and lawsuit by the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today denied Endangered Species Act protections to the eastern ...

A keystone in an arch's crown secures the other stones in place. Keystone species play the same role in many ecological communities by maintaining the structure and integrity of the community.

For Forbes, Ron Magill shines a spotlight on the actions that both he and Zoo Miami have taken over the years to save the ...

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. (WWSB) - Manatee County will soon be hosting some special visitors at its Duette preserve. Beginning Dec. 1, in cooperation with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation ...

Finger or Gopher, both things we remember from our student days, but neither of which was a match for the browser. All is not lost though, because the Gemini protocol is a more modern take on ...

The poster, Kendall Marshall, told Newsweek that Hortoise is a 35-year-old Desert Gopher Tortoise that she has had since his birth. Even though he has always been raised around pets, they have all ...

You may also hear it referred to as the blue bull snake, blue indigo snake or blue gopher snake because of its largely friendly relationship with gopher tortoises. Eastern indigo snake populations ...

Both pathogens have been documented in wild populations of gopher tortoises throughout the species’ range, with wide variation of prevalence among populations. We did not detect any pathogens ...

Nearby was an active gopher tortoise burrow. “Gopher tortoises are important because over 350 animal species have been documented in their burrows,” Kleinhenz said. “People have reported ...

By the late 1990s, Gopher servers had become an endangered species, while the Web reigned supreme as the premier Internet experience. It’s been decades since Gopher was last in vogue.