The fate of the gopher tortoise, Georgia’s state reptile and the only land tortoise in the eastern U.S., has worried conservationists for decades. Habitat loss and other factors have pushed ...

INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — A Vero Beach man is in jail after he was accused of unlawfully taking a gopher tortoise, according to an arrest affidavit. Adrian Devone Evans Jr., 28, of the 3800 block of 42nd ...