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 ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— In a formal peer-reviewed letter published today in Global Ecology and Conservation, experts in modeling and turtle biology detailed several errors in a population viability ...

The gopher tortoise, Gopherus polyphemus Daudin, is endemic to the southeastern US, where its populations are declining primarily due to habitat destruction. Tortoises are preyed upon by many species, ...

Collectors highly prize their ornate shells, contributing to their decline. At first, the Gopher tortoise may seem like an ordinary turtle; however, there are plenty of fascinating attributes that ...

Due to many anthropogenic threats, the gopher tortoise is declining throughout its range in the southeastern United States. Translocation—the movement of animals from one location to another—has ...

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Originating 60 million years ago, the gopher tortoise is one of the oldest living species on the planet and the only native North American tortoise species east of the Mississippi River.

The city said a licensed gopher tortoise inspector in March found no tortoises on the site, where the city intends to build a fieldhouse and parking lot. Therefore, the city “satisfied ...

Gopher tortoises, which are endangered in South Carolina, roam slowly through the wiregrass and underneath the longleaf pines on the Korn Tract near Windsor. The 302-acre, undeveloped property ...

As the mainstream media lauded the immense success for the Web, another Internet information system also celebrated thirty years – Gopher. A forgotten heavyweight of the early Internet ...