Tag: gopher tortoise

During the outbreak be like a gopher tortoise, stay in your burrow

Posted: March 25, 2020

Gopher Tortoises Spend Eighty Percent of Their Time in Burrows You may have been driving down a road in the middle of nowhere Florida and noticed a large tortoise crossing. It most likely was a gopher tortoise (Gopherus… Read More

Category: Conservation, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Extension, Wildlife

Tags: conservation, coronavirus, gopher tortoise, gopher tortoise burrow, Nassau County, UF IFAS Extension, uplands

Tortoises, Terrapins and Sea Turtles

by Justina Dacey

Posted: February 13, 2019

You may have paddled past a turtle sunning itself on a rock along a Florida river or witnessed a gopher tortoise crossing a backcountry road. We appreciate them in their natural habitats today, but what many don’t realize… Read More

Category: Coasts & Marine, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Extension, Water

Tags: conservation, diamondback terrapin, gopher tortoise, sea turtle, Wildlife

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