The alligator snapping turtle in this clip has everything he needs to go fishing. The bait is a part of his body, and his ...

Alligator snapping turtles can weigh more than 200 pounds, so it’s tough to imagine a new population has just been discovered in Florida’s Homosassa River. Where they came from and how they went ...

Number of objects in this record 1 Record Last Modified 13 Nov 2023 USNM Number EO63286 Object Type Education and Outreach collections Life Stage Juvenile Scientific Name Macrochelys temminckii See ...

Parker captured the 75-centimetre-long cayman, a reptile similar to an alligator, sunning itself in High Park’s West Pond a year ago. Common snapping turtles live approximately 30 years and can weigh ...

, but alligator snappers have peaks on their hilly shells and spikes on their legs and neck. The most prominent feature of both species, though, is their snapper, as common snapping turtles can ...

A 65-pound alligator snapping turtle, now named Lord Fairfax, was found in a residential area of Virginia’s Fairfax County. Local officials say it was probably “a captive-bred animal” and ...

A snapping alligator turtle -- with a bite fierce enough to sever human bone -- was mysteriously discovered an ocean away from its natural habitat. Dr. Dominic Moule, a veterinary surgeon at Wild Side ...

Concerned about the decline in the snapping turtle population, staff at the Mohawk Council of Akwesasne have been taking "spe-shell" care of turtles and their eggs. "There's certain places that ...