Never take a wild turtle home with you. Turtle species native to Delaware are prohibited from being owned as pets, according to the Delaware Department of Agriculture, and red-eared sliders require a ...

I have a special interest in snapping turtles because I grew up within an easy commute of Philadelphia and went to college there. A culinary specialty of the City of Brotherly Love is snapper soup.

Snapping turtles are one of the oldest types of turtle around, having been around for approximately 200 million years – even during the time of the dinosaurs! The species also has a lifespan of ...

They include the Florida softshell, the Florida snapping turtle, five species of mud turtles and four species of basking turtles, including several cooters.

'Fluffy," an alligator snapping turtle native to Florida with jaws that can bite though bone, turned up in a lake in the UK.

Turtles, tortoises and terrapins are all names used for hard-shelled, egg-laying reptiles. This month's River Life column tells their stories.

New population of alligator snapping turtles has been found in Florida river and researchers are trying to find out how they got there.

Snapping turtles should not be handled due to their aggressive nature and powerful bite. There are over a dozen species of turtles in Delaware, and at this time of year, they're on the move.

The Prehistoric Snapping Turtle Snapping turtles are one of the older reptilian species and have existed nearly unchanged for tens of millions of years.

Invasive species spread to new waters in Kansas The KDWP’s Aquatic Species Recovery Program has been working to return the alligator snapping turtle to the state for years.