The state handed out 105,000 of these “incidental take permits” — a better ... the CEO and founder is listed as Jim Stout of ...

For years the state has enabled sprawl development by simply moving tortoises out of ... In 2007, in response to growing urban sprawl and rules that allowed developers to legally kill, harm and entomb ...

MIAMI - It's a South Florida phenomenon that draws amusement from across the country — when temperatures drop below a certain ...

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

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, ...

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

Surfing, turtles and Gators remain the top 3, but a mouse has crept up into the top 10 specialty license plates in Florida ...

Although several iguana species live in Florida, the predominant one is the green iguana, native to Central and South America ...