>> WESH 2 NEWS CONTINUES. STEWART: IT’S ONE OF THE BTES PARTS OF LIVING IN FLORIDA. FROM MANATEES TO SEA TURTLES, OUR STATE IS FILLED WITH ANIMALS, AND AS WE KNOW, SOME OF THEM ARE ENDANGERED.

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 ...

Gopher tortoises imperiled by loss of habitat largely caused by human development should be placed on the endangered species list in four southern states, environmental groups said Wednesday as they ...

When wildfires spread through Florida’s Longleaf Pine forest, the animals must find a way to cope. The gopher tortoise digs burrows that provide refuge to hundreds of species of animals. - [Narrator] ...

A male gopher tortoise was admitted to the Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife (CROW) on Sunday, November 25. State officials believe it may be bigger than the current largest gopher tortoise on ...

Because Floridians can’t seem to help themselves from trolling wildlife, the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission is again urging residents to please fight the impulse to paint gopher ...

Gopher tortoises — burrowers whose extensive homes shelter many other animals — are generally doing well and need federal protection only in the small area where they were declared threatened 35 years ...

Hole-y burrows, Batman! It’s a gopher tortoise! No! Don’t touch it! Bam! Pow! We’ll leave Batman to fight his way out of the hole while we discuss — you guessed it — gopher tortoises. Maybe more ...

TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NSF) -- Land management agencies would have to consider finding areas suitable for gopher tortoises that get pushed from their homes by development, under a measure sent to the ...

An elderly Archer resident is facing felony charges in court that he killed or wounded protected gopher tortoises on his property. The man, Wilson Robinson Jr., 70, was charged with one count of ...