As this keystone species' name suggests, the gopher tortoise is an expert at living underground — like a gopher. Gopher tortoises have shovel-like front legs and strong, thick back legs to help them ...

The gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus ... The females are distinguished from the males due to their flat plastron, or underbelly, and lay eggs, usually six per clutch, once they reach reproductive ...

Image: Mike Baird/Flickr The colossal reptiles regularly dine on federally protected American crocodile and gopher tortoise ...

Bolivian authorities confiscate 11,000 illegally transported turtle eggs :: Beni, BoliviaThe haul occurred at midnight on ...

Gopher tortoise. Image by steve_byland via Depositphotos ... leaving behind hundreds of little turtle eggs. It’s like an ocean-going celebrity with a knack for staying out of the limelight. Green sea ...

All ground-nesting birds and reptiles in the Everglades are at risk, Donmoyer said. Tegus have been documented eating alligator and gopher tortoise eggs and hatchlings. Other species, such as the ...

Once or twice a month during Costa Rica’s rainy season, female olive ridley sea turtles come ashore by the tens of thousands and lay eggs in a mass nesting event known as an arribada.

Whether it’s a gopher tortoise that has been hit by a car or an eagle that got stuck in a canal, her job as senior wildlife rehabilitator presents a whole range of ailments and injuries to tackle.

Finger or Gopher, both things we remember from our student days, but neither of which was a match for the browser. All is not lost though, because the Gemini protocol is a more modern take on ...

Gopher tortoise. Image by steve_byland via Depositphotos ... leaving behind hundreds of little turtle eggs. It’s like an ocean-going celebrity with a knack for staying out of the limelight. 4. Green ...

And the ecosystem needs gopher tortoises, too: Over 350 other species of animals use gopher tortoise burrows in some way ... In the winter, our slippery friends use temporary wetlands to lay their ...