A startling social media clip is grabbing attention after showing a snapping turtle ambushing a snake in the water and ...

It looks like a smiling swamp creature straight out of a movie.

A 60-pound alligator snapping turtle — among the first reported in the wild in Massachusetts — turned up in an Essex County ...

A local turtle conservation not-for-profit is asking Kingstonians to keep an eye out for turtles, especially snapping turtles ...

Wildlife officials in Massachusetts were called out to an Essex County pond to capture an unusual non-native animal: an ...

“This is one of the first alligator snappers that's been found in the wild in Massachusetts, which means that somebody had it ...

Efforts from two county law enforcement leaders and deputies to save an estimated 70-year-old snapping turtle did not prevail ...

This snapping turtle was rescued near Brookfield, N.S., last fall after suffering extensive damage to the shell and a broken pelvis. On Thursday, ...

The alligator snapping turtle isn’t dangerous if you avoid them, but they posses powerful jaws that can injure a person if provoked. Fisherman holds up the alligator snapping turtle he caught while ...

Footage of a plump snapping turtle relaxing along a Chicago waterway has gone viral after the man who filmed the well-fed reptile marveled at its size and nicknamed it "Chonkosaurus." Joey Santore was ...

Turtles aren’t known for their speed. In fact, it’s usually quite the opposite. (Slow and steady wins the race and all that.) But one type of turtle is actually incredibly quick, at least with its ...