NEW ORLEANS -- It's a marvelously ugly beast, with spiked and ridged armor, a sharply hooked beak, a fishing lure in its mouth and a nasty bite. But the alligator snapping turtle's hard shell holds ...

Oh, snap, guess what he saw? A dog walker in Cumbria, United Kingdom, came across an interesting creature last week. Denise Chamberlain, a parish councilor, saw a post on Facebook about the ...

NEW YORK — A member of the largest freshwater turtle species in the world with the power to bite through bone has been discovered in the United Kingdom – thousands of miles from its native home in the ...

You wouldn’t normally see the words “turtle” and “lightning-fast” in the same sentence, but common snapping turtles have skills that put Olympic athletes to shame. Although some people in the comments ...

With his age estimated at about 90, Cedar has weathered many of life's battles. But the craggy snapping turtle bears scars of what is surely his greatest test: large, wide gashes from a boat propellor ...

They may look like prehistoric bruisers with faces only a biologist could love, but alligator snapping turtles are proving they're more than just brawn. According to new research from the Texas Parks ...

There was nothing “Fluffy” about this creature fished out of a small English lake. An invasive alligator snapping turtle — a creature native to Florida and known for its mean bite — was discovered in ...

Snapping turtles often get a bad reputation for their hooked jaws and rugged appearance. They look like creatures built only for defense, but the truth is far more interesting. These reptiles have ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — A snapping turtle that possibly wandered nearly a mile in Aberdeen from what is a common habitat for turtles was likely looking for a place to lay eggs. “The main reason ...

Turtles are often unfairly maligned as fish killers that ruin the ecosystems of our ponds, rivers, and streams. The facts are that many turtles are omnivores and consume large amounts of aquatic ...