Baltimore Animal Rescue & Care Shelter (BARCS) plans to care for the snapping turtle until the reptile can be transported to a wildlife rehab for treatment and release Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor ...

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 rescue effort in central Mississippi produced something of a size most people will never encounter, a 124-pound alligator snapping turtle. "His head is huge," said Christy Milbourne, executive ...

“Turtles were around before dinosaurs, and they watched them emerge, prosper, and disappear altogether. Without changing their body plan at all, turtles further observed the rise of birds and mammals.

North America’s largest freshwater turtle can grow to more than 240 pounds, with a slimy, algae-crowned shell, gaping jaws capable of snapping a broomstick in half, and a hooked beak, perfect for ...

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 ...

Jan. 25 (UPI) --Animal rescuers in Baltimore said they were left scratching their heads when a massive snapping turtle was found wandering in a gutter. Baltimore Animal Rescue and Care Shelter said ...

Locally, turtles' nesting season runs from about mid-May to mid-June. Motorists kill thousands of turtles trying to cross roads to get to their nesting sites. Seven of the state's 10 native turtle ...

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 ...

Historic Sunken Gardens in St. Petersburg, Florida, just lost a celebrity. Mac, a 50-year-old-plus alligator snapping turtle who was recently featured in a children’s book about the attraction, died ...