Federal wildlife officials say the threatened gopher tortoise does not need protections under the Endangered Species Act in most parts of Alabama, but wildlife advocates say the decision is short ...

Though this doesn’t change much for the gopher tortoise in southeast Alabama, conservationists are sounding the alarm that protection is needed for this species. “Gopher tortoises don’t have ...

ATLANTA— The Center for Biological Diversity and allies today sent letters to wildlife officials in Georgia and Alabama urging them to stop rattlesnake hunters from using poisons that harm imperiled ...