Your first instinct might be to scoop up the baby gopher in your yard, but there are actually a few steps to follow for your ...

The gopher tortoise is a protected species, and it’s illegal to move them. That’s unless they are trying to cross a road or ...

Today from 3–6 p.m., Troy University’s Naturalist Club hosts free Gopher Tortoise Day at the Arboretum with family activities and live animals to highlight this threatened keystone species.

North America has about 40 species of gophers or “pocket gophers,” which are small, burrowing rodents that spend most of their time underground feasting on plant roots. These animals have a wide ...

April 10 is the annual Gopher Tortoise Day. Without this keystone species, entire ecosystems in Florida and other states would unravel. NPCA is working to save them, and here’s how you can help. On a ...

LABELLE, Fla. (WINK) — Two LaBelle residents are raising concerns about the threat to a protected species due to rapid community growth. The gopher tortoise, Florida's only native tortoise species, is ...

The burrow didn’t look like much at first, just a shallow dip in the sand, a small opening framed by loose soil and scrub.

The community is invited to the Second Annual Gopher Tortoise Day from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, April 11, at the Citrus ...

Annual gopher control efforts are underway in Regina, where the city’s parks manager says her department expects more pests ...

On a recent January morning, 10 preschoolers from the Children’s Education Center of the Islands (CECI) joined ...

Gophers are a common and destructive garden pest. A farmer shared some of his top tips for removing them from a garden with ...