Happy Gopher Tortoise Day. Gopher tortoises are found in all 67 Florida counties and are frequently seen in neighborhoods, along roadways, and in many of Florida’s public parks and forests. Their ...

After Hurricane Helene devastated Florida’s coast, gopher tortoise populations unexpectedly surged in one area.

From airy forests to arid deserts, celebrate Mother Earth and her inhabitants this April at the Museum of Discovery and ...

A casualty of the Eaton fire was the destruction of the Eaton Canyon Nature Center in Pasadena, which lost 15 animals who ...

That is, except for the two most popular animals at the center that survived the fire: A pair of aging, slow-moving, desert tortoises named ... loss of “99” the gopher snake, who arrived ...

Lonesome George was a male Pinta Island tortoise and the last known individual of the species on the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. ©evenfh/Shutterstock.com The Pinta Giant tortoise, or Pinta Island ...

The Minnesota Golden Gophers fired men's basketball coach Ben Johnson after finishing with a 15-17 record and losing in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament. They lost five of their final six ...

With the win, the No. 2 seeded Golden Gophers advance to the second round of the WBIT and will face the Missouri State Bears in Springfield, Mo., at Great Southern Bank Arena on Sunday at 2 p.m. CT.

Amaya Battle scored 18, one of three Gophers in double figures, and Niamya Holloway came off the bench to score three big baskets to help Minnesota stave off a late run from Toledo in a 65-53 ...