Alligator snapping turtles are the biggest freshwater turtle in North America, sporting jagged, pointy shells, and a hooked ...

In honor of World Turtle Day, here are 10 things you might not have known about snapping turtles. Elementary school students voted to appoint Chelydra serpentina in a 2006 statewide election.

Turtles have sturdily marched, climbed and swum through time for millions of years. A rescue league offers aid in a time of ...

Virginia wildlife trapper Winston Marshall caught a 57-pound common snapping turtle that established a new state record ...

Only the snapping turtle and the painted turtle are really common across ... recent research suggests that the Long Island Sound may function as a critical habitat for juveniles. This is a very ...

“But these magnificent turtles also need equally strong protections for the streams, lakes and swamps where they live to ensure their survival.” The Service did not propose critical habitat ...

Recently, on a sunny late afternoon, a couple friends and I were walking through Graceland Cemetery in Chicago. As we moved ...

HENRICO COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — A huge snapping turtle has affectionately been named “Godzilla” after it was found in the waters of Curles Neck Plantation in Henrico County. “The snapping ...

Alligator snapping turtles are known for their most prominent characteristics which separate them from the common snapping turtles which are abundant in many areas in Kansas. Their large, ridged ...

A 57-pound snapping turtle caught outside Richmond set an “official state record” in Virginia. Getty Images/iStockphoto A 57-pound “true giant” captured in Virginia has set a state record.

An invasive alligator snapping turtle has been pulled from a Cumbrian lake. A dog walker found the exotic creature, which is native to swamps and rivers in southern parts of the US, in Urswick ...