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 ...

They bought and resold 17 in 5 years and now fix up apartments, too. Humpback whale gives onlookers in Newport Beach, California, once-in-a-lifetime show ...

Before 40 of the creatures were released into the Neosho River in September, the snapping turtle breed was not seen in the Kansas wild since 1991. But a reintroduction program by the Kansas ...

A homeowner in suburban Virginia found a 48.6-pound snapping turtle in his yard and feared the gargantuan reptile had been hit by a car, according to a Facebook post by the Richmond Wildlife ...

Its name is “Chonkosaurus” and it likes to bask in the sun. The massive snapping turtle was caught on camera by botanist Joey Santore as it lorded over a Chicago River pylon Saturday.

The alligator snapping turtle found across the Southeast ... all receive final endangered species protections by the end of the year. Humboldt martens in California and Oregon, a Tennessee fish called ...

Green sea turtles were typically the first type of turtle sought for the dish, but as numbers plummeted, cousins such as snapping turtles ... Cut Deals With California This article originally ...