MOBILE, Alabama — Gopher tortoises living east of the Tombigbee River deserve protection under the Endangered Species Act but will not get it because listing the species would cost too much and draw ...

The gopher tortoise, which has a preserve in Aiken County, is now on the waiting list for protection under the Endangered Species Act. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service made the announcement Tuesday ...

There’s angst in some quarters of our community over gopher-protection rules that affect development in south Thurston County. At issue in the big picture is the county’s response to the federal ...

The federal agency in charge of executing the Endangered Species Act on Tuesday informed the public that gopher tortoises in Florida won't receive the highest level of protection. But that doesn't ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— Following a petition and lawsuit by the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today denied Endangered Species Act protections to the eastern ...

ATLANTA (Reuters Life!) - The gopher tortoise deserves protection in several states in the U.S. Southeast under the Endangered Species Act, but funding shortages could delay the listing for years, ...

WASHINGTON (CN) - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced that four sub-species of the Mazama pocket gopher have been listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. The agency has ...