"The only consolation was a very unusual and unplanned catch: a 200-plus-pound alligator snapping turtle," Weston said ...

An angler from Kentucky says he may have broken a record for a 153-pound alligator gar caught in Lake Livingston, Texas after ...

The Big Creek crayfish and St. Francis River crayfish are ... They are also threatened by heavy-metal contamination of its streams caused by mining. Alligator snapping turtle. Garry Tucker/USFWS.

A large snapping turtle dubbed "Chonkosaurus ... Several others speculated what the turtle could be eating that made him grow so big, with one person joking that the turtle has just been "eating ...

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 ...

Maximus, a ginormous 125-year-old alligator snapping turtle that staff loved to swim with and who brought smiles to thousands of visitors, has died, N.C. Zoo officials said Friday. “A true ...