Your first instinct might be to scoop up the baby gopher in your yard, but there are actually a few steps to follow for your ...

April 10 is the annual Gopher Tortoise Day. Without this keystone species, entire ecosystems in Florida and other states would unravel. NPCA is working to save them, and here’s how you can help. On a ...

The gopher tortoise is a protected species, and it’s illegal to move them. That’s unless they are trying to cross a road or ...

The community is invited to the Second Annual Gopher Tortoise Day from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, April 11, at the Citrus ...

The burrow didn’t look like much at first, just a shallow dip in the sand, a small opening framed by loose soil and scrub.

Today from 3–6 p.m., Troy University’s Naturalist Club hosts free Gopher Tortoise Day at the Arboretum with family activities and live animals to highlight this threatened keystone species.

Close-up shot of a pocket gopher pocking its head outside its burrow - James Cruz/Getty Images If you've noticed gophers in your yard, along with damaged plants and missing bulbs, chances are you are ...

Al Crisalli Jr. took this photo in the Tehachapi Valley of a baby California Ground Squirrel, probably coming out of its ...

Gophers are a huge problem for gardeners in much of the US, destroying plants from Minnesota (nicknamed the 'Gopher State') to California, and even Florida. Any yard where the soil conditions suit ...

The Richardson's ground squirrel destroys crops and creates burrows that can damage machinery and endanger livestock. The use of strychnine to control their numbers is no longer legal.