Three more specialty license plates will soon be available on Florida’s roads including ones supporting Israel, K9s and gopher tortoises. The “Florida Stands With Israel” and “K9s United ...

‘Florida Stands With Israel,’ K9 and gopher tortoise specialty license plates coming soon Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel Sat, February 1, 2025 at 12:00 PM UTC ...

The Conservancy of South Florida in Naples shared before-and-after photos after admitting two gopher tortoises that were spray-painted on their shells. In the first photo, one tortoise had its shell ...

A Lehigh neighbor sent her group a photo of a gopher tortoise seriously injured, that they say, was hit by mail delivery driver. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said it ...

Gopher tortoises are a threatened species in Florida, and state laws forbid harassing ... for rescue and a painstaking process of delicately removing the paint is in progress.

Dozens of cold-stunned sea turtles were rescued after temperatures plunged. An 'exhausting and relentless' five days: In one case, two officers with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation ...

It’s that dreaded time of year that FWC Authorized Gopher Tortoise Agents and any developers going through permitting and relocation activities have to start dealing with… LOW TEMPERATURES.

An arctic blast that brought a rare snowfall to northern Florida last week left green sea turtles as far south as St. Augustine suffering from a condition known as cold stunning. Seventeen sea ...

An arctic blast that brought a rare snowfall to northern Florida last week left green sea turtles suffering from a condition known as cold stunning. Seventeen sea turtles that were found stranded ...