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 ...

For instance, a study on the Suwannee Alligator Snapping Turtle in Florida estimated a population density of approximately 6.6 turtles per river kilometer, indicating a total population of around ...

The Suwannee alligator snapping turtle, which only lives in Georgia and Florida’s Suwannee River Basin, was officially named to the threatened species list in the Federal Register on Thursday.

An alligator snapping turtle’s are capable of slicing fingers ... apalachicolae are named after their respective homes—namely, the Suwannee and Apalachicola rivers. Further west, good old ...

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 ...