The largest snapping turtle ever recorded in the state was caught last month in the James River, according to the Virginia ...

The alligator snapping turtle is the largest freshwater turtle in the world ... They're apex predators, they hang out on river bottoms, with their mouth open, moving part of their tongue like ...

Alligator snapping turtles are enormous, prehistoric-looking reptiles that can grow to 200 pounds and can live almost 100 years. These slow-moving, largely sedentary behemoths spend so much of their ...

"Our focus has been on habitat and really increasing wildlife, and that's something that I think has been really lacking in our river system." Snapping turtles typically range in size from 8 to 14 ...

Early in the 20th century, alligator snapping turtles were plentiful in river systems draining into the Gulf of Mexico, from the waterways and lakes of the Midwest to the swamps and bayous of Florida, ...