You wouldn’t normally see the words “turtle” and “lightning-fast” in the same sentence, but common snapping turtles have skills that put Olympic athletes to shame. Although some people in the comments ...

The turtle looks broad and strong, as if embodying the spirit of the concrete city that booms above their river perch. Snapping turtles can weigh up to 75 pounds, and Chonk's steady girth seems to ...

The tongue lure of the alligator snapping turtle is shown Saturday, Nov. 24, 2018. With their mouths wide open, the tongue is wriggled like a worm to catch prey underwater.

The “very old turtle” is believed to be 40 to 50 years old, wildlife biologist Chris Anchor told WBBM. Snapping turtles are found throughout Illinois , but they’re not often seen above water ...

An alligator snapping turtle, a threatened and protected species in Texas, was found dead on an illegal trotline in Lake Palestine on Wednesday, June 8. KETK reported a resident in the area found ...

If you see a snapping turtle or hear reports of one in those watersheds listed above, please contact FWP’s nongame wildlife biologist for west-central Montana, Torrey Ritter, at 406-381-2339 or ...

SOUTH WINDSOR, Conn. (WTNH) — A police officer saved a snapping turtle from a busy road in South Windsor. Police responded to a snapping turtle in the middle of the road a few weeks ago near … ...

A Joliet police officer recently went above and beyond the call of duty to rescue a snapping turtle from a dire situation. The Joliet Police Department posted a video on Facebook Thursday showing ...