The Suwannee alligator snapping turtle fit right in among elephant-sized ... modification could bring development into the animals’ feeding, sheltering or breeding grounds, chipping away at ...

Kansas wildlife specialists are gearing up to drop off another batch of alligator snapping turtles in a local river early ...

A Kentucky angler has found himself back in Texas to reel in some massive monsters. Art Weston, state and world record ...

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 ...

The state’s population wasn’t alone either, alligator snapping turtle numbers declined across the U.S. in the 60s and 70s. “[Snapping turtles in the] entire southeastern U.S. were harvested ...