Kansas wildlife specialists are gearing up to drop off another batch of alligator snapping turtles in a local river early ...

Greg Wittstock the pond guy came to visit the zoo, and we decided to do a little check up on our huge alligator snapping ...

There was probably a less than 1% chance of catching the massive fish on the line, he also said. Last May, Weston and ...

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 ...

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 ...

While he didn’t break the record, he did catch a 200-plus-pound alligator snapping turtle with Kirkland’s help, followed by an 188-pound alligator gar the next day. Weston’s April 8 catch is ...

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.

He’s pigment-free. And when he’s not lounging on a heated rock, he’s hanging out with his three snapping turtle pals. He is, of course, Claude: California Academy of Sciences’ resident albino ...

Alligator snapping turtle populations in Texas were dwindling. One family of smugglers had been poaching them from the state for years. The latest issue of Texas Monthly features more than the ...