In honor of World Turtle Day, here are 10 things you might not have known about snapping turtles. Elementary school students voted to appoint Chelydra serpentina in a 2006 statewide election.

Snapping turtles are known for their powerful jaws and lightning-fast strikes, but what makes their bite so devastating? With a bite force strong enough to sever a finger, these ancient reptiles have ...

Here lived all the other animals piled upon its massive shell, drifting and waiting. As the story suggests, turtles have been around for millions of years, coming into being, like many other modern ...

including the alligator snapping turtle and Suwannee alligator snapping turtle. Today’s lawsuit seeks final protections for the gargantuan turtles, which are threatened by habitat degradation, ...

Watch the heart-warming moment when two intrepid heroes save some baby turtles from the jaws of a hungry crocodile!

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The first dance session explores snapping crabs and lobsters, wriggling octopuses and the shoals of fish which swim around a shipwreck, then hide from the hungry shark. Download the audio of this ...

Researchers from the Burnett Mary Regional Group (BMRG) have partnered with Taribelang Aboriginal Corporation (TAC), WYLD ...

Habitat degradation, historical overharvest and ongoing capture have caused significant population declines in the once-abundant turtle. Early in the 20th century, alligator snapping turtles were ...

New research shows that turtles are responding to climate change by nesting earlier. New research shows that turtles are responding to climate change by nesting earlier. Researchers monitoring ...