Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A giant alligator snapping turtle. About 3 years old. Not really aggressive but can bite your fingers© Daranamnam/Shutterstock.com ...

A wildlife handler starts underwater and then brings up a large alligator snapping turtle for the camera. As he lifts the turtle out, water splashes around its heavy body and wide shell, making the ...

May 22 (UPI) --Wildlife officials in Massachusetts were called out to an Essex County pond to capture an unusual non-native animal: a nearly 60-pound alligator snapping turtle. The Massachusetts ...

Alligators have ruled their territory since the age of dinosaurs, but a surprising lineup of animals still manages to hunt, ...

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Specialists with the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks (MDWFP) worked to rescue two trapped alligator snapping turtles. According to MDWFP, the Exotic ...

Turtles are some of the oldest reptiles in the world — and to some reptile enthusiasts, they might be the cutest. They've evolved over the last million or so years to live on land, in water, or ...

There could be dozens of them in your local creek. Snapping turtles are the largest freshwater turtles in North America. And ...