And the Wildlife Corridor can reduce the risk of dangerous wildfires in Florida, the study found. By protecting large areas of open space, fire crews can more effectively conduct controlled burns and ...

“So the alternative is to mechanically clear some of the area, to open up the canopy[which is] just better for the tortoise.” ...

Officers with the Clearwater Police Department engaged in a "low-speed pursuit" Thursday with a tortoise that was found ...

Hundreds of people have preordered a new specialty Florida license plate in honor of the late singer Jimmy Buffett. The ...

On Oct. 26, the Friends of McIntosh hosted Daniel Sollenberger, state herpetologist with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources. Sollenberger discussed the variety of turtles and tortoises native ...

Egmont Key's once pristine beaches are now a wasteland of debris. Parts and pieces from here and elsewhere show an island ...

“You can earn 50 cents to a dollar for every gopher you trap,” he told me. So, I asked him how to trap and he showed me. At that time in my life, I already knew about the economic potential of ...

Saturday during Minnesota’s dominant 48-23 win over Maryland in Minneapolis, the team’s mascot, Goldy Gopher, had multiple outfit changes showing off different Halloween costumes (we assume).

With their Homecoming game set for Saturday at Huntington Bank Stadium, Gopher players discussed the matchup against Maryland and the progress they made during the bye week that came after back-to ...

Homecoming on a college campus is usually thought of primarily as a football event. But for fans scrambling to get to the rink for an early start, before University Avenue was shut down for a ...

PIEDMONT, Oklahoma (KOCO) -- The search for a popular tortoise that went missing from his home in Piedmont is over after his owner said he came home. Cherrie Zaidi posted on social media that Ferb ...