The Suwannee Alligator Snapping Turtle can only be found living in the ... “Alligator snapping turtles were historically used as food in their southern range; the highest amount of harvesting ...

Last month, an alligator snapping turtle bizarrely turned up in Cumbria in the United Kingdom, despite being usually found in southern US states. The turtle, named Fluffy, was spotted in a small ...

An invasive alligator snapping turtle has been pulled from a Cumbrian lake. A dog walker found the exotic creature, which is native to swamps and rivers in southern parts of the US, in Urswick ...

Suwannee alligator snapping turtles are found only in the Suwannee River basin in northern Florida and southern Georgia. The common snapping turtle lives from southeastern Canada to the ...

CHICAGO --A scientist searching for a young male alligator snapping turtle that was put in a Southern Illinois creek at least a year ago instead grabbed a 22-pound adult female, raising hopes for ...

The alligator snapping turtle, Macrochelys temminckii, is only found in river systems that drain into the Gulf of Mexico. These magnificent animals are the largest river turtles in North America ...

The creature at hand was an alligator snapping turtle: spikey and iron-jawed. Santa Fe College professor and turtle aficionado Jerry Johnston had enticed 23-year-old Thomas, who has enamored with ...

A small alligator snapping turtle pulled from a lake in Cumbia has been nicknamed Fluffy. A dog walker found the exotic creature, which is native to swamps and rivers in southern parts of the US ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) announced Wednesday it has finalized listing the Suwannee alligator snapping turtle as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. The designation is ...

Snapping turtles are opportunistic omnivores that will eat almost anything in the pond. While they prefer meat, including worms, snails, fish, birds, small mammals, other turtles, and frogs, 30 ...

(WHLT) – Dr. Luke Pearson, an alumnus from The University of Southern Mississippi (USM ... the group found a connection with ...