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 ...

The Suwannee alligator snapping turtle's journey to federal protection is a testament to the tireless work of conservation groups and government agencies. Now, the real work of ensuring their ...

As another balmy summer day ends on Orange Beach, tourists slowly rise from their chairs, wiping sand off their sunburned ...

Here lived all the other animals piled upon its massive shell, drifting and waiting. As the story suggests, turtles have been around for millions of years, coming into being, like many other modern ...

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 ...

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?

The BBSRC funded study of juvenile Common Snapping Turtles for the first time explains the heart’s biological mechanisms which help Turtles to uniquely survive up to 6 months without oxygen. And ...

A file image of a snapping turtle. The reptile in Idaho was "humanely euthanized" An American schoolteacher has been charged after allegedly feeding a sick puppy to a snapping turtle in front of ...

animal protection officers worked with a community member to place signs in an apartment complex to protect the area around a known snapping turtle nest. This year, at the same apartments ...