As the classic bumper sticker states, it's important to brake for turtles. While snapping turtles spend the majority of their ...

The turtle is shown occasionally snapping its mouth at the man as he endeavors to bring the reptile to safety. A caption shared with the post reads: "He was in a snappy goofy mood." ...

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 ...

Juvenile alligator snapping turtles raised at the Tishomingo National Fish Hatchery in Oklahoma will be tagged and released into an area of the Neosho River. The Neosho River is a stream of the ...

Pratt said Tuesday snapping turtles aren’t within the department’s purview. “We’re glad that snapping turtles were the cause and not any foul play,” she said.

Alligator snapping turtles haven’t been seen in the wild in Kansas since 1991. But in the fall of 2024, the state plans to reintroduce them to local waterways.

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 ...

A large male Suwannee alligator snapping turtle awaits being weighed, measured and tagged before being returned to the tannin-black waters of the Suwannee River in Florida. Photo courtesy of ...

Article continues below this ad Historically hunted for their meat, alligator snapping turtles were nearly wiped out in parts of the U.S. due to overharvesting in the early 2000s.

The famed snapping turtle, dubbed “Chonkosaurus” by internet commentators when pictures of her basking on a Chicago River pylon went viral in summer 2023, reappeared earlier this week.