That's right. Spray paint. The Conservancy of Southwest Florida in Naples recently treated two gopher tortoises that were spray painted by someone who thought it might be a fun idea to do that ...

Two gopher tortoises were spray painted with bright colors in Naples, Florida, causing a local conservancy to rush to their aid Conservancy of Southwest Florida An act of vandalism could have a ...

Six months after top Florida officials advanced a deal that would swap 324 acres of state forest to a golf course company, ...

At its December meeting, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission failed to live up to its name by opening the ...

By one key measurement, Florida’s 2015 bear hunt was a success: It produced tons — by an educated guess, more than 100 tons — ...

Fittingly, gopher tortoises in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama (west of the Mobile and Tombigbee rivers) are protected as threatened under the Endangered Species Act — but those in eastern Alabama, ...

GAINESVILLE — The list of animals hit by airplanes in Florida so far this year reads like a tragic version of “The Twelve ...

Gopher tortoises used to be fairly common ... The diamondback terrapins are found in Northeast Florida and are also protected by state law. It is interesting that the word "terrapin" comes from ...

And then there's spray paint. That's right. Spray paint. The Conservancy of Southwest Florida in Naples recently treated two gopher tortoises that were spray painted by someone who thought it might be ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Florida Cabinet Tuesday voted to create the first new state park in seven years. It will be in ...