Big Snap Daddy, the World’s Largest Snapping Turtle, Has Died. He Had a Good Run

The world's biggest common snapping turtle, a prehistoric giant known as Big Snap Daddy, died in Nebraska on April 20.
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Alligator snapping turtles return to Oklahoma rivers after OKC Zoo as hatchery effort cont

The Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden has released alligator snapping turtles that were temporarily taken in at the zoo's Underground habitat. Alligator snapping turtles are classified as a ...
Nebraska TV

Century old Big Snap Daddy, iconic Schramm aquarium snapping turtle dies

Visitors to Schramm Education Center’s aquarium near Gretna are mourning the loss of one of its most famous residents.Big ...
Los Angeles Times

A sea turtle named Meatloaf is fighting to keep her flipper. Here’s how you can cheer her on

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A green sea turtle named Meatloaf is recovering at Aquarium of the Pacific after being rescued from the San ...
People

Meatloaf the 200-Pound Sea Turtle Makes Her First Public Appearance After Her Dramatic Rescue

Housed at the Aquarium of the Pacific, the facility is raising funds for Meatloaf's recovery with release being the end goal A rescued 200-pound sea turtle named Meatloaf made her public debut at the ...
The Boston Globe

New England Aquarium releases 18 rescued turtles off the coast of North Carolina

The New England Aquarium released 18 critically endangered sea turtles into the Atlantic Ocean after months of rehabilitative care, officials said Tuesday. Biologists drove the animals from the ...
NBC Los Angeles

Meatloaf, a green sea turtle, is rehabilitating at Aquarium of the Pacific

Green sea turtles, those marvelous and mammoth mega-migrators, can cover thousands of miles on a migration journey. But Meatloaf, a rescued green sea turtle currently under the watchful care of the ...
AOL

Florida Aquarium rehabs 21 turtles as nesting season returns to state beaches

APOLLO BEACH, Fla. - At the Florida Aquarium Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Center, the current turtles are a little too young for nesting season, but the goal is to return them to the wild so they can ...
KTLA

Rescued 200-pound sea turtle ‘Meatloaf’ debuts at Long Beach aquarium

A rescued green sea turtle weighing more than 200 pounds made her public debut Wednesday at the Aquarium of the Pacific, where she is now recovering from serious injuries sustained after becoming ...
CBS News

200-pound green sea turtle rescued from San Gabriel River rehabbing at Aquarium of the Pacific

Long Beach Aquarium officials are asking the public to help raise funding for Meatloaf, a 200-pound sea turtle that was rescued from the San Gabriel River in January. In a news release shared by the ...
LAist

Aquarium of the Pacific needs help with an enormous rescued sea turtle

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. The Aquarium of the Pacific is ...