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 ...

MONROE COUNTY, Ind. (WTWO/WAWV) — If you’re planning a trip to Monroe Lake soon, do you need to be wary of a nine-foot, 300-year-old snapping turtle capable of killing a person? The short answer – no.

A "dinosaur of the turtle world" was spotted in Virginia over the summer. A 65-pound alligator snapping turtle was repeatedly seen walking in a residential part of Alexandria, Va., during May and June ...

MADISON, Wis. — A snapping turtle was given another shot at life on June 9 after two Madison police officers moved the animal off of the roadway. An officer pulled up in the 900 block of Industrial ...

This article was originally featured on Field & Stream. In 2015, professional photographer Kerry Wix was fishing at Dale Hollow Lake in Tennessee when he noticed a big northern water snake that ...

They were two peas in a pod — with very different complexions. Massachusetts Environmental Police this week discovered two distinctive baby snapping turtles in a pool in Lakeville, a town south of ...

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 ...

We’re almost two years away from the next “Jurassic World” installment — but if you’re fiending for giant reptiles gone wild, here’s a fun tale from the summer. While residents of Alexandria, Virginia ...