The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Monday, Nov. 8, 2021, that it is proposing threatened status for alligator snapping turtles, huge, spike-shelled reptiles that lurk at the bottom of bayous ...

However, there are reports of an even bigger alligator snapping turtle found in Kansas in 1937. Although it was never officially recorded, its weight was rumored to be a whopping 403 pounds!

An alligator snapping turtle's jaws have been known to break a broom handle with one snap. Experts believe a released exotic pet may have bitten a boy swimming in a lake in southern Germany.

Alligator snapping turtles were once common in the Verdigris and Neosho Rivers in Kansas but, by 1991, were largely missing from the state. Kansas represents the northwesternmost reach of the ...

A 100-year-old alligator snapping turtle named Thanos has disappeared after he and his owner were travelling along an interstate in North Carolina. Thanos is described as a 140-180 pound, 38-inch ...

It’s a part of the Alligator Snapping Turtle family, which are the largest freshwater turtles in North America, with males typically weighing more than 200 pounds.

Fluffy, the alligator snapping turtle saved from a Cumbrian tarn, is faring well in his new home. He gained worldwide popularity after being fished out of Urswick Tarn, near Ulverston, by a ...

The alligator snapping turtle (Macrochelys temminckii) represents a unique component of North American freshwater ecosystems. Renowned for its distinctive morphology and ambush predation strategy ...

Alligator snapping turtle sightings are unheard of in Kansas in recent decades, and they will continue to be rare after the reintroduction program begins. However, there’s a slim chance you may ...