Trapping is particularly damaging because turtles have low fertility, low egg and hatchling survival, ... The Service also proposed protecting the Suwannee alligator snapping turtle under the ...

Snapping turtles are North America’s largest turtle species. Male alligator snappers can reach up to 29 inches long and weigh up to 250 pounds. Common snappers can reach about a third that size ...

Alligator snapping turtles reach sexual maturity when they are 11-13 years old. ... The sex of the hatchlings is determined by the temperature with cooler temperatures making males and warmer ...

But the alligator snapping turtle’s hard shell holds tasty flesh. ... In the wild, most eggs and most hatchlings get eaten by raccoons, opossums and other predators.

Harvesting turtles is particularly damaging because turtles have low fertility, low egg and hatchling survival and delayed maturity. ... Historically, the alligator snapping turtle was considered a ...

LITTLETON - No weekend is complete without a cute story to lighten up the mood. It all started when a mother snapping turtle laid her eggs near home plate at Ridgewood Park. But snapping turtles ...

LDWF biologists released 14 alligator snapping turtles, a Species of Greatest Conservation Need in Louisiana, onto Boeuf Wildlife Management Area in Caldwell Parish on Wednesday.

There haven't been any alligator snapping turtles reported in Oregon in more than a year since a 10-pounder was captured on Oct. 18, 2013, at Prineville Reservoir in Central Oregon. That's the ...

A 65-pound alligator snapping turtle found in a residential area of Fairfax County has a new home in a Virginia zoo. Fairfax police said Monday in a Twitter post that their animal protection unit ...

An alligator snapping turtle weighing 65 pounds was found in a neighborhood in Alexandria, Virginia. The VDGIF captured him and took him to the Virginia Zoo in Norfolk where he can live (Fairfax ...

Following a petition and legal victory from the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Monday proposed protecting the alligator snapping turtle under the Endangered ...