During that cleanup, park officials noticed something had changed across the more than 1,100-acre park – an exploding gopher tortoise population. Fort De Soto Park Manager, Dave Harshbarger ...

Unlimited access to unionleader.com, our mobile app and the print replica eEdition.

Tucked away in the back of the Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo, 10 rescued gopher tortoises spend their days grazing and ...

Garden State Tortoise founder Chris Leone gets plenty of requests to ... And perking up and staring up into the sky and ...

The tortoises are brought inside and separated during that winter, but they were reintroduced in 2023. Then, in November 2024, Mommy laid 16 eggs, and four offspring hatched in April 2025.

I know to a lot of people, it’s just a turtle, but to me, he’s my best friend,” said Tiffany Emanuel, who lost her turtle ...

A tortoise’s shell not only protects and supports its skeleton and organs, it also provides a convenient shelter for its retractable head and limbs. The shell is an important part of thermoregulation, ...

KOKOMO, Miss. (AP) — Myrtle, a cherished pet tortoise, has been reunited with its family in Mississippi weeks after disappearing during a deadly tornado outbreak in March. “He’s been through ...