NEW ORLEANS -- It's a marvelously ugly beast, with spiked and ridged armor, a sharply hooked beak, a fishing lure in its mouth and a nasty bite. But the alligator snapping turtle's hard shell holds ...

Alligator snapping turtles have a hard, armor-like shell and a sharp beak. A 100-year-old giant alligator snapping turtle is at large after mysteriously disappearing somewhere along Interstate 40 in ...

There was nothing “Fluffy” about this creature fished out of a small English lake. An invasive alligator snapping turtle — a creature native to Florida and known for its mean bite — was discovered in ...

For once, Florida is invading the United Kingdom. A dog walker in Cumbria in northwest England spotted something bizarre and prehistoric-looking in a small local lake and asked about it on Facebook.

NEW YORK — A member of the largest freshwater turtle species in the world with the power to bite through bone has been discovered in the United Kingdom – thousands of miles from its native home in the ...

A man has impressed viewers after sharing a video of him handling an alligator snapping turtle online. Chris Leone and his wife, Casey, run the rescue and breeding facility Garden State Tortoise in ...

A member of the largest freshwater turtle species in the world with the power to bite through bone has been discovered in the United Kingdom – thousands of miles from its native home in the United ...

Woo! Science is a column of science news and newsmakers in Worcester and the region. Got a science news idea? Email Margaret Smith at [email protected]. He's handsome, strong and rugged, weighing ...

Alligator snapping turtles, like the one seen in this file photo, were classified as endangered in Kansas in 1974. The state has begun a reintroduction program to bring the creatures back to Kansas ...

“Turtles were around before dinosaurs, and they watched them emerge, prosper, and disappear altogether. Without changing their body plan at all, turtles further observed the rise of birds and mammals.

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 ...