INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, Fla. — A proposed housing development on the Treasure Coast is threatening to displace hundreds of gopher tortoises, and it may be part of a bigger pattern playing out across the ...
The tortoises made what must have been a harrowing journey across open water to Fort De Soto. A gopher tortoise, which is believed to have been washed from Egmont Key over a mile away during Hurricane ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Boasting more than 80 distinct ecosystems, Florida is a biodiversity hot spot. In fact, more than 4,000 animal species are native ...