Egmont Key is one of those rare places that manages to be both a natural paradise and a historical treasure trove. It’s like getting two vacations for the price of one boat ride.

Zoo Atlanta visited Good Day Atlanta on Jan. 2 with Zena, a gopher tortoise, to talk about some of their upcoming events.

Beach dunes may look like sand covered in weeds, but there’s more to these mounds than meets the eye. It’s illegal to ...

Wildlife Diversity Conservation Section is now offering habitat management assistance funding opportunities for the 2025-2026 ...

Dog is first in United States trained to find gopher tortoises and burrows. Goal is to protect gopher tortoises from development. Gopher tortoise burrows provide food and habitat for about 365 species ...

CAPE CORAL, Fla. - Gopher tortoises in Cape Coral are facing a growing threat from cars as they cross roads daily. Local wildlife groups are urging drivers to slow down near conservation areas to ...

Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. She moved slowly, as if time were something best savored. Visitors ...

After more than a century of munching on her favorite foods of romaine lettuce and cactus fruit, beloved Galápagos tortoise Gramma, the oldest resident of the San Diego Zoo, has died. Gramma was born ...

Gramma passed away on Nov. 20, according to the San Diego Zoo. Two World Wars, two pandemics and more than 20 U.S. presidents. That is a snippet of what Gramma, a 141-year-old Galapagos tortoise at ...