Not so long ago, one Georgia species was in critical danger of extinction, but in 2022 for the ecosystem, The US Fish and Wildlife Service declared the gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus)to be no ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - The Georgia Gopher Tortoise Initiative has reached its goal of permanently protecting 65 viable tortoise populations, according to a news release from the Georgia Department of ...

ATLANTA — The Georgia Gopher Tortoise Initiative has successfully reached its goal of permanently protecting 65 viable gopher tortoise populations, as announced by the Georgia Department of Natural ...

— Georgia is winning the race to save the state’s reptile. Channel 2’s Berndt Petersen shows us the decade long effort to help the number of Gopher tortoises bounce back. In the South Georgia ...

Gopher tortoises are considered a keystone species because they dig burrows that provide shelter for approximately 350 other species. Josiah Lavender Open Space Institute The Georgia Department of ...

Trina Morris, wildlife biologist at the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, introduces the Gold Dome Report team to a gopher tortoise during Keeping Georgia Wild Day at the State Capitol on ...

A rescued gopher tortoise arrived at the Nokuse Nature Preserve in Florida’s Panhandle while my sister Erica and I were there. It didn’t know how lucky it was. Across Florida, builders are required to ...

Listen to a Narrated Version of This Story in the ICYMI Series for the Line Life Podcast Wes Graham holds up his hand like a sergeant halting his squad. “See him? There he is,” he said. The ...