Rattlesnakes, feared for their potent venom, are often mistaken for harmless species. This article explores eight snakes that ...

Will Indian River County let RSG of Vero Beach build Ridge Top neighborhood atop 600 gopher tortoise burrows in Wabasso?

State officials are investigating after numerous recent gopher tortoise deaths at a popular beach destination.

Airdrie-East MLA Angela Pitt says her office has heard from local residents concerned about a rising gopher infestation, as ...

The sheer number of species that rely on a gopher tortoise burrow for survival, roughly 365, and the diversity of creatures ...

Gopher tortoise burrows can be more than 20 feet long, according to Meylan, providing critical shelter not just for the tortoises but also for hundreds of other animals that depend on them to survive ...

Strychnine had long been the preferred pesticide for gopher control in Alberta — until the federal government began to phase ...

Darrell Crabbe from SWF said it's often difficult for hunters and landowners to connect directly, due to trespass legislation ...

The right-of-way (ROW) manager with Cooperative Energy, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, points toward a half-moon-shaped hole in the ground about 15 ft away. A flash of a figure just disappeared into the ...

Relocating gopher tortoises is bad for them, other animals and the environment, and expensive for developers. (This story was updated to accurately reflect the most current information.) ...

Every ecosystem is complex and unique. In some places, specific plants, animals, fungi, or bacteria will have a dramatic ...