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 ...

A snapping turtle that was found near a riverbank in Staffordshire, England, has been given a new home at the National Turtle Sanctuary within Lincolnshire Wildlife Park. The BBC reported that the ...

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 ...

An alligator snapping turtle that looks like something out of "Jurassic Park" has been found 5,000 miles away from its natural habitat in the U.S. South. A dogwalker spotted the turtle last week in a ...

A huge snapping turtle found stuck in a gutter in Maryland has baffled wildlife experts in the state. A local wildlife rescue center took the turtle in on the January 24 after it was found stuck near ...

The alligator snapping turtle isn’t dangerous if you avoid them, but they posses powerful jaws that can injure a person if provoked. A fisherman in Oklahoma was targeting catfish in Mill Creek at ...

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 ...

The Godzilla snapping turtle lives up to its name in this epic underwater showdown. When a crab wanders too close, the ...

The common snapping turtle is one of the largest reptiles found in Arkansas. Full-grown individuals average 8 to 12 inches long (the length of the shell) and weigh from 10 to 35 pounds. Exceedingly ...

Q. I am as wary as others about the nonsense we can find on the Internet, so I’m not sure whether a recent report I read is true. It said that someone in Louisiana cut open a snapping turtle and found ...