Three more specialty license plates will soon be available on Florida’s roads including ones supporting Israel, K9s and gopher tortoises. The “Florida Stands With Israel” and “K9s United” plates have ...

PALM CITY, Fla. — A gopher tortoise was picked up in Port St. Lucie, when a homeowner found her in their yard painted with nail polish. Now, it's undergoing cleaning and treatment at the ...

After a gopher tortoise was recently struck by a car, East Lee Wildlife Stewardship Group wants Lee County to install signs for gopher tortoise crossings.

It was a busy year for the von Arx Wildlife Hospital in Naples. See a full list of all of the animals that were patients there in 2024.

The biggest danger for wildlife is the aftermath. But many species have evolved to rely on the opportunities created by ...

Alligators, black bears and bald eagles are just a few of the iconic animals that can be found during a visit to these ...

SO WHEN TEMPERATURES DO DIP BELOW 50 DEGREES FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME, SOME REPTILES, LIKE THE IGUANAS AND EVEN THE FLORIDA NATIVE GOPHER TURTLES, CAN ACT DIFFERENTLY. SO WITH THESE GUYS ...

One of the state’s few remaining old-growth longleaf pine forests, Flagg Mountain connects to the famous Appalachian Trail. A ...

A relentless environmental warrior, Lisa D. Watson seeks balance between urbanization and conservation in artworks and ...

Those include the “Margaritaville,” “Biscayne Bay,” Protect the Gopher Tortoise” and “Inter Miami” plates, all of which have more than 1,000 preorders so far. The state has a 135 ...

The largest part of the open space is the new Kiplinger Conservancy, more than 1,000 acres of slash pine and saw palmetto forests, cattle pastures, wetlands, lakes and even a gopher tortoise ...