>> WESH 2 NEWS CONTINUES. STEWART: IT’S ONE OF THE BTES PARTS OF LIVING IN FLORIDA. FROM MANATEES TO SEA TURTLES, OUR STATE IS FILLED WITH ANIMALS, AND AS WE KNOW, SOME OF THEM ARE ENDANGERED.

If you happen to be wandering the Mojave Desert and come across a desert tortoise, don’t poke around the critter too closely—you could end up covered with a surprise spray of artificial grape fluid.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is offering a reward for information after a gopher tortoise was found completely covered in red spray paint with concrete on its limbs in Lake ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A Florida animal sanctuary is reminding residents and tourists to stop painting the shells of turtles and gopher tortoises. The reminder comes after a female gopher tortoise was ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The forest hinge-back tortoise is an unusual animal whose shell can swing down 90 degrees in the rear to protect itself from predators. However, ...

EUSTIS — Volunteers tidying up the community on Tuesday came across a horrific sight: more than a dozen gopher tortoise shells in the woods with holes apparently drilled into them. They found the ...