Assembly Bill A2490-2013 would amend the New York State Environmental Conservation Law to allow trappers to take snapping turtles, our state reptile. Turtles already are under pressure globally, with ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Asian food market has put a huge dent in the turtle population in North Carolina, but that will soon change. It is now against the law to harvest several species of turtles. Turtle expert Alvin ...

CHARLES CITY, Va. (AP) — In water to his waist and mud to his calves, Ben Colteaux pulled up a net and found a stinky monster. Colteaux had caught a snapping turtle, Virginia’s largest freshwater ...

State wildlife officials investigating the cause of waterfowl found at Mile Square Regional Park with mutilated bills say the injuries appear to be the work of snapping turtles, though some animal ...