Going for a swim is a vital part of surviving any Texas summer, especially when Central Texans have ample waterways courtesy ...

“With their sharp vision and quick reflexes, turtles can snap up prey in the blink of an eye,” the video was captioned. “The ...

Alligator snapping turtles haven’t been seen in the wild in Kansas since 1991. ... harm from fishing equipment and hunting by humans are among the reasons the species disappeared.

Alligator snapping turtles haven’t been seen in the wild in Kansas since 1991. ... harm from fishing equipment and hunting by humans are among the reasons the species disappeared.

Snapping turtles are North America’s largest turtle species. Male alligator snappers can reach up to 29 inches long and weigh up to 250 pounds. Common snappers can reach about a third that size ...

The Center for Biological Diversity is suing the Biden administration over the need to protect the alligator snapping turtle and Pearl River map turtle.

The FWC says it could take decades for the alligator snapping turtle to return to its pre-1970 population size. And the Suwannee Alligator Snapping Turtle’s population is even smaller.

TOPEKA (KSNT) - A species of big turtles, long gone from Kansas, are now back after a 30-year hiatus. Alligator snapping turtles are no longer a thing of the past in Kansas.

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.

Juvenile Alligator Snapping Turtles raised at the Tishomingo hatchery will be tagged and released back into a segment of the Neosho River," said a Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks press ...

A snapping alligator turtle-- with a bite fierce enough to sever human bone -- was mysteriously discovered an ocean away from its natural habitat.. Dr. Dominic Moule, a veterinary surgeon at Wild ...