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 ...

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 ...

A Common Snapping Turtle, Chelydra serpentina, laying eggs at road edge Common snapping turtle in Ontario Canada. The common snapping turtle is now a threatened species in Ontario Snapping turtle ...

A massive snapping turtle was caught on video crossing an apartment complex parking lot in Jeffersonville Saturday.Watch the large reptile making its way along in the video player above.The person ...

Greg Wittstock the pond guy came to visit the zoo, and we decided to do a little check up on our huge alligator snapping turtle ... Pope Francis, the first pontiff from the Americas, dies at 88 ...

By comparison, the largest land turtle is the alligator snapping turtle, which reaches a length of 30 inches and a weight of 225 pounds. Even the largest freshwater turtle — the Yangtze softshell ...

ROSWELL, Ga. — A Roswell firefighter jumped into action to rescue a snapping turtle along Crabapple Road on Tuesday. The Roswell Fire Department said firefighter Kyle Phillips from Engine 22 saw ...

Jim Spinale, 91, is a retired science teacher who volunteers at the So. Shore YMCA Nature Center. His snapping turtle shell is a hit with preschoolers ...

Scientists can take small, non-invasive samples from different growth rings of the shell to analyze metal concentrations from different periods in the turtle’s life. This technique has proven ...

With the exception of characters such as Tokka, the mutant alligator snapping turtle who first appeared in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Secrets of the Ooze (1991), or Hun, the leader of the ...