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 ...

Juvenile Alligator Snapping Turtles raised at the Tishomingo hatchery will be tagged and released back into a segment of the Neosho River," said a Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks press ...

An alligator snapping turtle that looks like something out of "Jurassic Park" has been found 5,000 miles away from its natural habitat in the U.S. South.

It’s a face only a mother could love. Well, a mother or a wildlife biologist. But if you ever get face-to-face with a 200-pound, 100 year-old alligator snapping turtle with its gaping jaws ...

A snapping alligator turtle-- with a bite fierce enough to sever human bone -- was mysteriously discovered an ocean away from its natural habitat.. Dr. Dominic Moule, a veterinary surgeon at Wild ...

He says the turtle’s fearsome mouth was wide open while they worked to unhook the turtle, which they planned to release unharmed. They estimated its weight around 200 pounds, which puts it in the ...