ATLANTA (CN) — The eastern population of the gopher tortoise is not in danger of extinction and does not require federal protection, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Tuesday in a decision ...

WINDSOR — As wildlife releases go, it wasn’t a dramatic event. There weren’t any flapping wings or flippers churning through the crashing surf. Instead, after being placed in front of a burrow made ...

WEBSTER CO., Ga. (WALB) - Baby tortoises have a second chance at life, all to help save the gopher tortoise population. Georgia designated the endangered gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) as the ...

Those babies will soon be released back into the wild at the park. Reed Bingham state park started a Gopher Tortoise Project seven years ago to protect the threatened species that's also Georgia's ...

JEKYLL ISLAND, GA (WTOC) - The Gopher tortoise is the Georgia state reptile but it's facing extinction. But with the help of veterinarians from across the state, one park manager is hoping to bring ...

Not so long ago, building and land developers in Florida were allowed to pave over the burrows of a threatened native tortoise as long as they paid for a permit. The practice, derided by ...