Some 20 years later, former museum director Don Crowdis purchased the sand-coloured tortoise for $5 from a roadside reptile vendor in Florida and brought him back to Nova Scotia. In 1952, he was named ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Wildlife in Southwest Florida can face an array of challenges in order to survive. Natural predators, hurricanes, vehicles and the ...

A rescued gopher tortoise arrived at the Nokuse Nature Preserve in Florida’s Panhandle while my sister Erica and I were there. It didn’t know how lucky it was. Across Florida, builders are required to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Georgia's gopher tortoises – big, lumbering reptiles known for the burrows they dig in sandy soil – recently were passed up for ...

Slow and steady wins the race, but unhurried preservation measures could lead to the Florida gopher tortoises’ demise. “They are these incredible ecosystem engineers,” said Elise Bennett, Florida and ...

Listen to a Narrated Version of This Story in the ICYMI Series for the Line Life Podcast Wes Graham holds up his hand like a sergeant halting his squad. “See him? There he is,” he said. The ...

Learn about gopher tortoises, a keystone species found in South Carolina’s sandhills. Discover the vital role of gopher tortoises, a keystone species in the sandhills ecosystem, and why they have one ...