The turtles are also easy prey for hunters that feed thriving world markets for the exhibition ... Missouri and Tennessee. Historically, the alligator snapping turtle was considered a single species, ...
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— Following a petition and legal victory from the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed protecting the alligator snapping turtle under ...
A dogwalker spotted the turtle last week in a northwestern English pond called Urswick Tarn, about 5,000 miles from its native habitat in the South.