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

Nearly 300 gopher tortoises will lose their homes if a developer is allowed to build a new Treasure Coast neighborhood atop nearly 600 burrows — which another 365 species depend on to survive.

Nearly 300 gopher tortoises will lose their homes if a developer is allowed to build a new Treasure Coast neighborhood atop nearly 600 burrows — which another 365 species depend on to survive.

The sheer number of species that rely on a gopher tortoise burrow for survival, roughly 365, and the diversity of creatures sharing the burrow is astounding. Also, how deep, long and sturdy the ...

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 ...

Fort De Soto Park Manager, Dave Harshbarger, first noticed the gopher tortoises on the beach. “We did have a gopher tortoise population in the park, but it was limited, 8 known burrows at that time.

From 2014 to 2021, the number of gopher tortoises relocated statewide jumped 66%, from 6,730 to 11,171, according to reporting from the Treasure Coast Palm.

Dozens of gopher tortoises were swept up by storm surge during the 2024 hurricane season and swept up from Egmont Key to Fort DeSoto and Eckerd students are counting how many are left on Egmont ...