While at Sam Rayburn Lake in East Texas with his guide Captain Kirk Kirkland, Art Weston, a state and world record fisherman from Kentucky, instead hooked a massive alligator snapping turtle that ...

However, lots of folks likely also remember the fear camp counselors struck into them by telling tales of the massive ...

Alligator snapping turtles, like the one seen in this file photo, were classified as endangered in Kansas in 1974. The state has begun a reintroduction program to bring the creatures back to ...

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 ...

Three limestone snapping turtles have joined the Indiana Dunes Indigenous Cultural Trail at the Indiana Dunes Visitor Center on Indiana Route 49 in Porter. The turtles are only the latest addition ...

Maximus, a ginormous 125-year-old alligator snapping turtle that staff loved to swim with and who brought smiles to thousands of visitors, has died, N.C. Zoo officials said Friday. “A true ...

White-throated snapping turtles are endangered freshwater turtles thought to be found only in three Queensland river systems. After finding a new population in Baffle Creek two years ago ...