Only the snapping turtle and the painted turtle are really common across New York. Snappers are the largest New York freshwater turtle, reaching shell lengths of 19 inches and weights of 70 pounds.

A homeowner in suburban Virginia found a 48.6-pound common snapping turtle in his yard and feared the gargantuan reptile had been hit by a car, according to a Facebook post by the Richmond ...

Snapping turtles have long necks and can bite your hands if you grip at the sides of the shell ... turtle as far off the road as possible. According to the department of wildlife, the most common ...

In addition to his just-under-60-pound weight, the freshwater snapper boasts an 18-inch shell ... snapping turtles can live ...

the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed protecting the alligator snapping turtle under the Endangered Species Act as a threatened species. This prehistoric-looking freshwater turtle is known ...