PINELLAS CO, Fla. — Fort De Soto Park was ravaged by hurricane Helene, leaving behind a trail of debris that took months to cleanup. During that cleanup, park officials noticed something had changed ...

The college football offseason calendar is harder to keep track of than ever. Between early national signing day, the transfer portal, and even bowl games, it's hard to know which players are ...

Florida is home to plenty of species that need no introduction: alligators, crocodiles, panthers, or manatees. However, a silent sentinel lies within burrows of Florida's grounds. The gopher tortoise ...

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 ...

A professional snake wrangler was called out to a home after a black Labrador with discovered with a serpent entangled around her snout. Bruce Ireland (@wrangler_bruce), 59, based in San Diego, ...

The fate of the gopher tortoise, Georgia’s state reptile and the only land tortoise in the eastern U.S., has worried conservationists for decades. Habitat loss and other factors have pushed ...

I don’t panic at the sight of snakes, but I definitely squirm on the inside. There’s something creepy about them. The coiling, the tongue flicking, the vertical slits they call pupils. … It’s all just ...

California is home to 50 different species of snakes — including seven species of rattlesnakes, according to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. If that makes your skin crawl, you’re not ...

Fewer than 100 dusky gopher frogs were known to remain. Thanks to some very dedicated humans, numbers are now on the rise. Credit...Tony Cenicola/the New York Times Supported by By Catrin Einhorn It ...

[1] Bags of human remains recovered in Taos County, two murder suspects arrested – The Taos County Sheriff’s Office says Matthew McLaughlin was first reported missing at the end of July by his mother.

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – The New Mexico Wildlife Center said a Sonoran gopher snake made an understandable, yet dangerous mistake when looking for a meal. The center said the snake ventured into a chicken ...

Gophers men's hockey has been red-hot on the recruiting trail this summer, with five significant commitments from in-state prospects within the last two weeks. The recent success won't be felt in 2025 ...