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 ...

These fascinating turtles are excellent swimmers and are found mainly in freshwater locations across North America. However, there is another smaller population – the Bellinger River snapping turtle – ...

Alligator snapping turtles are scary-looking creatures. But they're an important part of the Alabama ecosystem, and they may soon be listed as a threatened species. Until recently, biologists didn ...

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

They released these flesh-eating turtles into the Ganges river to eat decomposing bodies. These turtles were trained to focus only on corpses and not attack swimmers and bathers. The answer is simple ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— Following a petition and agreement with the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today protected the Suwannee alligator snapping turtle as ...

Staff with the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) released a batch of alligator snapping turtles back into their ...

An aura of excitement filled the air near the Neosho River in Kansas on a hot September morning. State wildlife officials gathered around several large, gray bins, snapping photos and eagerly chatting ...

The Bellinger River Snapping Turtle is under threat of extinction, and it suggests something very wrong with the whole ecosystem.