Snapping turtles are large freshwater turtles that are unable to withdraw their head and legs fully into their shells, and so have extremely powerful jaws that they use to defend themselves with by ...

This week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced in a press release that a prehistoric species of turtle native to Florida is officially a federally threatened species under the Endangered ...

Turtles aren’t known for their speed. In fact, it’s usually quite the opposite. (Slow and steady wins the race and all that.) But one type of turtle is actually incredibly quick, at least with its ...

He’s Chicago’s biggest celebrity. A massive snapping turtle sunbaking on a pile of rusty chains in the Chicago River has captured the hearts of locals, who have affectionately dubbed it “Chonkosaurus.

PENNSYLVANIA, USA — Just last week, a students at a Lancaster preschool got an unexpected visitor for World Turtle Day: a large snapping turtle in the parking lot! Experts with Forgotten Friend ...

An alligator snapping turtle that looks like something out of "Jurassic Park" has been found 5,000 miles away from its natural habitat in the U.S. South. A dogwalker spotted the turtle last week in a ...

The alligator snapping turtle isn’t dangerous if you avoid them, but they posses powerful jaws that can injure a person if provoked. A fisherman in Oklahoma was targeting catfish in Mill Creek at ...