The Iowa Department of Natural Resources describes snapping turtles as large turtles with a big head, long tail and "a nasty disposition." The shell also has a "jagged appearance" due to rear ...

However, lots of folks likely also remember the fear camp counselors struck into them by telling tales of the massive ...

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 ... looking freshwater turtles ...

Three months after a car hit an eastern box turtle in D.C., leaving her shell severely broken, the wildlife rehabilitation center working with her said it was hopeful she would return to the wild ...

A snapping turtle dozes on an operating table, heavily sedated, while Dr. Mikaela Jahncke super glues metal hooks along the sides of a two-inch crack on her shell, the result of an unlucky ...