A feeding moment shows just how quickly this snapping turtle can strike when food comes within reach. The handler carefully ...

Giant snapping turtles and a massive North American alligator show why handling these powerful reptiles requires extreme caution. The video introduces a 15-foot alligator, explains its transparent eye ...

Snapping turtles are large freshwater turtles that are unable to withdraw their head and legs fully into their shells, and so have extremely powerful jaws that they use to defend themselves with by ...

Locally, turtles' nesting season runs from about mid-May to mid-June. Motorists kill thousands of turtles trying to cross roads to get to their nesting sites. Seven of the state's 10 native turtle ...

This reptile known for its bite force and solitary nature turns into a lovebug when its favorite human offers gentle pets.

While the alligator snapping turtle might look like a giant beetle made from volcanic rock, these unique creatures are native to Kansas' rivers—and they're about to make a triumphant homecoming.

Snapping turtles are opportunistic omnivores that will eat almost anything in the pond. While they prefer meat, including worms, snails, fish, birds, small mammals, other turtles, and frogs, 30 ...

Many cultures tell fascinating tales about turtles. Several North American Native tribes speak of a great turtle floating in a primal sea, before there was any land. Here lived all the other animals ...

For once, Florida is invading the United Kingdom. A dog walker in Cumbria in northwest England spotted something bizarre and prehistoric-looking in a small local lake and asked about it on Facebook.

Snapping turtles are considered living fossils, with ancestors dating back 60 million years. Most snapping turtles do not survive to adulthood due to high predation rates on eggs and hatchlings. Adult ...