What would you say are some hallmarks of longtime Floridians? As a Florida native, I’d say a love of our plentiful outdoor ...

Wildlife experts at the Treasure Coast Wildlife Center are working to clean a gopher tortoise found covered in nail polish.

A gopher tortoise was picked up in Port St. Lucie, when a homeowner found her in their yard painted with nail polish.

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

Like native gopher tortoises, nonnative iguanas rank ... division of habitat and species conservation, told a Florida House of Representatives subcommittee that free-market harvests and out-of-state ...

When the controversial plans to build three golf courses in Jonathan Dickinson State Park hit the headlines ... park lovers touted the endemic Florida scrub-jay and the beloved gopher tortoise as ...

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

A cold front has arrived, bringing wind, storms and chilly temperatures to the Sunshine State ... gopher tortoise and armadillo burrows to seek refuge from cold events," Conservancy of Southwest ...

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

DEP manages the state parks system ... Water" is a park designation that preserves habitats for the Florida black bear, gopher tortoise and eastern indigo snake. Park planners said because ...