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 ...

Create a personally customized benefit package based on your own unique interests and build lifelong memories with Golden Gopher Athletics! The Gopher Loyalty Program is an experience-based benefits ...

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 ...

Live music played as kids jumped around a blow-up obstacle course and dogs trotted through the park, wagging their tails and approaching different booths for treats. Kiddy pools were set up around the ...

While it’s easy to see the University of Minnesota’s toothy mascot, Goldy, out and about for Golden Gophers fall sports, not many residents know about or have seen the mammal credited with inspiring ...

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 ...

The Gopher volleyball team starts it's 2025 campaign Monday night, across the border in Sioux Falls, South Dakota as part of the AVCA First Serve. Head Coach Keegan Cook is now on his third year with ...

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.