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 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.

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

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.