The Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden has released alligator snapping turtles that were temporarily taken in at the zoo's Underground habitat.Alligator sna ...

The St. George Police Department is celebrating Animal Care and Control Officr Appreciation Week, recognizing their efforts ...

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 ...

This “absolute tank” of a snapping turtle was nearly unresponsive when a rescuer pulled him out of the Lake Michigan surf ...

DENVER (KDVR) — Police officers in Boulder helped relocate a group of stranded baby snapping turtles to a nearby lake. “Fun fact: did you know that the average snapping turtle lays DOZENS of eggs? We ...

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 ...

When Lori Lilley set out to rescue turtles from the Crystal Lake reconstruction site in March, she didn’t expect to find many. “I had made the comment, ‘If I just save one, I’ll be happy,’” she said.

Juvenile snapping turtles are hatching and crossing the bike path in Burlington's South End. Officials advise the public to let the turtles cross on their own and not to handle them. Mind your wheels ...