Stephen F. Austin State University has been awarded a $1 million grant from the Texas Department of Transportation to fund ...

The Service did not propose critical habitat protections for the Suwannee alligator snapping turtle, finding that doing so was “not prudent” because of the threat of illegal collection. One of the ...

An alligator snapping turtle that looks like something out of "Jurassic Park" has been found 5,000 miles away from its natural habitat in the U.S. South. A dogwalker spotted the turtle last week ...

Habitat degradation, historical overharvest and ongoing capture have caused significant population declines in the once-abundant turtle. Early in the 20th century, alligator snapping turtles were ...

Yet their sharp beaks are well-designed for major-league shearing. An alligator snapping turtle’s are capable of slicing fingers clean off and (as the above video proves) obliterating pineapples.

Kansas is among several states releasing alligator snapping turtles. The prehistoric-looking, river-dwelling creatures’ ...

Turtles are fascinating creatures because they can live as long as humans, sometimes even longer. Their slow-moving ...

A small alligator snapping turtle pulled from a lake in Cumbia has been nicknamed Fluffy. A dog walker found the exotic creature, which is native to swamps and rivers in southern parts of the US ...

Fluffy was fished out of a Cumbrian tarn in a shopping basket The alligator snapping turtle discovered in Cumbria is off to a specialist reptile centre, with vets warning people against trying to ...

The proposed development is the latest in the Baton Rouge area to raise concerns about flooding and traffic gridlock — and ...

alligator snapping turtle, hellbender and giant Japanese spider crab. The River Journey building features the Turtles of the World gallery, an Appalachian cove forest habitat, the River Giants ...