Last month, Georgia biologists were given quite the shock when inspecting gopher tortoise holes. “Imagine getting down on your belly to look down a gopher tortoise hole and instead seeing a 4 1/2 ft ...

Camera sent into gopher tortoise burrow discovers an alligator is hiding inside, Georgia biologists say. Georgia Wildlife Resources Division photo Beware of turtle holes in Georgia — because they ...

TATTNALL COUNTY, Ga. - You typically don't want to be close enough to see the expression on a large alligator's face. A group of Georgia state wildlife biologists recently had one such experience ...

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Beware of turtle holes in Georgia — because they could be hiding large alligators, the Georgia Wildlife Resources Division says. That discovery was made the hard way when biologists studying gopher ...