Por: Orlando Sentinel Crime February 12, 2023
As one of Florida’s most valuable species and already threatened with extinction, gopher tortoises might have been dealt a blow by the state wildlife agency’s failure to oversee the program it set up years ago to protect the land-dwelling animals. A grisly era of developers paying for permission to bulldoze living gopher tortoises was abolished more than a decade ago. That practice was replaced with current Florida Fish and Wildlife... + full article
WGN-TV USA Nation December 24, 2022
Posted: Dec 23, 2022 / 12:33 PM CST Updated: Dec 23, 2022 / 12:33 PM CST SHARE 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... + más
Feds deny increased gopher tortoise protections in Florida | Orlando Sentinel
Jonathan the tortoise, world’s oldest land animal, turns 190 | New York Daily News
New York Daily News USA World December 06, 2022
Lookin’ good for an almost-double-centenarian. Jonathan the tortoise, the world’s oldest land animal, turned 190 over the weekend on the island of St. Helena where he enjoyed a “cake” of seasonal vegetables, leafy greens and vegetables, including carrots carved into the... + más
World's oldest land animal, Jonathan the tortoise, celebrates 190th birthday | CBS News
CBS News USA World December 05, 2022
He's lived through both World Wars, seven British monarchs, 39 U.S. presidents and is older than the Eiffel Tower – and now, Jonathan the tortoise is celebrating another year around the sun as he turns 190. Jonathan, the world's oldest known land animal, resides in... + más
Los Angeles Times USA Nation November 17, 2022
Behind the fences surrounding this 40-square-mile outback of cactus and wiry creosote, the largest remaining population of Mojave desert tortoises was soaking up the morning sun and grazing on a mix of wild greens and flowers. But that didn’t mean the armored beasts were easy... + más
Head to Joshua Tree to snag these rare native plants before they're gone | Los Angeles Times
Newsweek USA Life November 09, 2022
The Masked Singer has revealed three new costumes as the Fox singing competition enters the third and final round before the semi-finals.This season there is a new format that sees just one costume move on to compete the following week. So far there have been two 3-week-long,... + más
The Masked Singer reveals Avocado and Bride—Who are the famous faces? | Newsweek
NBC News USA Science October 13, 2022
The Endangered Species Act’s protections often kick in too late to fully recover the declining populations of animals, plants and insects it is designed to help, according to a study published in the journal PLoS ONE on Wednesday. The researchers who evaluated some 970 cases... + más
Snail darter, focus of epic conservation fight, is recovered | The Boston Globe
Orlando Sentinel USA Crime October 12, 2022
TALLAHASSEE — Concluding that the animals are “not in danger of extinction,” federal wildlife officials Tuesday rejected listing gopher tortoises in Florida as endangered or threatened species. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released a 113-page decision that said... + más
L.A. moves closer to ending COVID-19 eviction protections | Los Angeles Times
How the Labor Department Could Restrict Independent Contracting | NBC 6 South Florida
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