Herpetologist Paul Crump, who oversees reptile conservation projects for TPWD, says the turtles' ability to remember and ...

Deputy Director of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s wildlife division, said in a news release. Alligator snapping turtles are the biggest freshwater turtle in the U.S., and they’re ...

Habitat degradation, historical overharvest and ongoing capture have caused significant population declines in the once-abundant turtle. Early in the 20th century, alligator snapping turtles ...

while their spikier cousins are mostly found in the southern states west to Texas. Snapping turtles are North America’s largest turtle species. Male alligator snappers can reach up to 29 inches ...

Louisiana and Texas. But recent population surveys show the turtles are now likely extirpated in Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri and Tennessee. Historically, the alligator snapping turtle was ...

NACOGDOCHES, Texas (KETK) – Stephen F ... on the impact of road construction on East Texas’s at-risk alligator snapping turtle population. Endangered chickens to be set free through Caldwell ...

Art Weston, a Kentucky resident, went to Lake Livingston, Texas, to catch an alligator ... accidently reeled in a 200-pound alligator snapping turtle while trying to catch a massive fish.

“The Alligator Snapping Turtle is an imperiled species and Kansas ... home range with the majority being found in states like Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama ...

The creature at hand was an alligator snapping turtle: spikey and iron-jawed. Santa Fe College professor and turtle aficionado Jerry Johnston had enticed 23-year-old Thomas, who has enamored with ...