ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— The Center for Biological Diversity and Nokuse Education, Inc. sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today for denying Endangered Species Act protections to gopher tortoises ...

Government agencies agree the gopher tortoise is in trouble. The lumbering grazers get squeezed by development, hit by cars, killed by disease and preyed on by invasive species like fire ants, which ...

The gopher tortoise, which has a preserve in Aiken County, is now on the waiting list for protection under the Endangered Species Act. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service made the announcement Tuesday ...

There’s angst in some quarters of our community over gopher-protection rules that affect development in south Thurston County. At issue in the big picture is the county’s response to the federal ...

MIAMI (CBS4) -- Florida's gopher tortoise population deserves to be added to the nation's list of endangered and threatened species but funding shortages could delay the listing for years, federal ...

Feds consider protection for American pika SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will consider whether to protect a rabbit-like, alpine creature known as the American pika because of ...

ATLANTA (Reuters Life!) - The gopher tortoise deserves protection in several states in the U.S. Southeast under the Endangered Species Act, but funding shortages could delay the listing for years, ...