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 ...

The gopher tortoise dig burrows that end up not only acting as a home for themselves, but as a refuge for hundreds of other species in Florida.

, Fla. — A loggerhead sea turtle was rescued in Florida over the weekend after becoming tangled in a crab line. The incident occurred when a good Samaritan in Miami-Dade noticed the turtle in distress ...

Among Tuesday’s Florida Lottery’s big money draw games, two jackpots got bigger and another was won by someone who played at a Miami-Dade Publix. Larger jackpots will greet Friday’s players of Mega ...