Animals like the spotted skunk, the gopher frog, rabbits, snakes, lizards, and crickets all call the gopher tortoise’s burrow home.

Animals like the spotted skunk, the gopher frog, rabbits, snakes, lizards, and crickets all call the gopher tortoise’s burrow home.

After Hurricane Helene devastated Florida’s coast, gopher tortoise populations unexpectedly surged in one area.

The Dusky Gopher Frog was until recently on the verge of extinction, with fewer than 50 estimated specimens in the wild in 2005. Now, a reproduction and habitat restoration program is beginning to see ...

The story of the rediscovered dusky gopher frog in the U.S. state of Mississippi illustrates how amphibians can benefit from strong conservation laws and government funding.

A type of tree frog that can grow to the size of a human fist has invaded South Carolina. Here’s why that’s a problem.

As part of a program to help the declining population of gopher frogs, the NC Aquarium released hundreds of frogs back into the wild.