All turtles are able to snap, but not every turtle is a snapping turtle. You can identify the two most common species by ...

Witness the power and speed of an alligator snapping turtle’s bite in this close encounter ...

BOISE, Idaho — A Boise man found a snapping turtle in Five Mile Creek, adding another unusual wildlife sighting to a summer of odd discoveries in Idaho. Robert Filiatreaux, who goes by Robert, said he ...

ALLIGATOR POINT, Fla. (WCTV) - Tropical Storm Bertha has impacted marine life around the area. On St. George Island, experts say over 200 sea turtle nests were washed away. Alligator Point’s sea ...

Police in Prosperity, South Carolina, are looking for the owner of a baby alligator. An officer with the Prosperity Police Department, along with deputies from the Newberry County Sheriff's Office, ...

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Specialists with the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks (MDWFP) worked to rescue two trapped alligator snapping turtles. According to MDWFP, the Exotic ...

Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) enforcement agents cited a woman on June 12 for alleged illegal sale of turtles in St. Landry Parish. Agents cited Sydney P. Broussard, 32, of ...

North America’s largest publicly viewable collection of freshwater turtles is a little bit bigger and even more adorable thanks to a baby boom at the Tennessee Aquarium that hatched seven new turtles ...

An adult snapping turtle makes its way away from a road and into a pond. CONTRIBUTED A turtle rests on a curb after getting caught in street flooding during heavy rains, Thursday, June 19, 2025, in ...

“To get to the Shell station,” is how one version of the joke goes. The reality is turtles cross roads all of the time. And judging by the evidence of the failure of some large snapping turtles ...