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The gopher tortoise, a protector of Florida's animals

Florida is home to plenty of species that need no introduction: alligators, crocodiles, panthers, or manatees. However, a silent sentinel lies within burrows of Florida’s grounds. The gopher tortoise ...
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CNN founder Ted Turner’s New Mexico ranch helped save North America’s rarest large tortoise, growing its population from 30 to about 800

For thousands of years, the Bolson tortoise had been missing from the grasslands of New Mexico. Then a private ranch offered the species something it had not had in generations: space to start again.
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Colossal Foundation Commits $500,000 to Restore the Bolson Tortoise to the American Southwest

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Colossal Foundation, the 501(c)(3) charitable organization associated with Colossal, the de-extinction company, today announced a $500,000, 5 year commitment to the Turner ...
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Colossal Foundation Invests $500,000 to Restore America's Largest Tortoise to the Southwest

Long-term partnership with Turner Endangered Species Fund advances North America's most successful Pleistocene rewilding effort DALLAS, Nov. 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Colossal Foundation, the 501(c ...