A proposed housing development on the Treasure Coast is threatening to displace hundreds of gopher tortoises, and it may be part of a bigger pattern playing out across the state.

State officials are investigating after numerous recent gopher tortoise deaths at a popular beach destination. According to a Florida Department of Environmental Protection spokesperson, Honeymoon ...

The man, from Vermont, was on the interstate attempting to move a gopher tortoise to safety when he was struck, according to details of the crash provided by the Florida Highway Patrol July 7.

Manatee County denied a 440-home development project proposed in Parrish by SimplyDwell Homes, a subsidiary of Neal Communities.

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