A species of big turtles, long gone from Kansas, are now back after a 30-year hiatus. Staff with the Kansas Department of ...

Virginia wildlife trapper Winston Marshall caught a 57-pound common snapping turtle that established a new state record ...

Denise Chamberlain, a parish councilor who had previously lived in Florida and keeps tortoises, recognized it right off: an ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— Following a petition and agreement with the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today protected the Suwannee alligator snapping turtle as ...

According to the Boulder Police Department’s Facebook post, last year, animal protection officers worked with a community ...

DENVER (KDVR) — Police officers in Boulder helped relocate a group of stranded baby snapping turtles to a nearby lake. “Fun fact: did you know that the average snapping turtle lays DOZENS of eggs?

An invasive alligator snapping turtle has been pulled from a Cumbrian lake. A dog walker found the exotic creature, which is native to swamps and rivers in southern parts of the US, in Urswick ...

Fluffy was fished out of a Cumbrian tarn in a shopping basket The alligator snapping turtle discovered in Cumbria is off to a specialist reptile centre, with vets warning people against trying to ...

A small alligator snapping turtle pulled from a lake in Cumbia has been nicknamed Fluffy. A dog walker found the exotic creature, which is native to swamps and rivers in southern parts of the US ...

Alligator snapping turtles are known for their most prominent characteristics which separate them from the common snapping turtles which are abundant in many areas in Kansas. Their large, ridged ...