TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - More than a dozen baby snapping turtles were found during routine garden work at a local hospice facility. And people at Hospice of Northwest Ohio are welcoming them to stay.

The backyard drama last week wasn't exactly cat-and-mouse. Imitating his purring ancestors, the neighborhood's resident black-and-white feline warily crept across wet grass to get a closer look at an ...

A massive alligator snapping turtle was found in a suburban residential area in Virginia, hundreds of miles from where the species is considered native. The creature, nicknamed Lord Fairfax, was ...

TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/AP) = Alligator snapping turtles are huge, spike-shelled reptiles that lurk at the bottom of lakes and slow waterways. Their numbers, however, are dwindling. Every state in their ...

“In many cultures, the world is built on the back of a turtle, including in North America, which was Turtle Island, according to the native people. They know stuff.” That’s New Hampshire author and ...

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.

NORTHAMPTON, MASS. (WHDH) - A Northampton police officer wrangled a massive snapping turtle Thursday morning. The turtle was rescued after being spotted crossing the road to get back to his swamp. The ...

Four years of trapping produced only one alligator snapping turtle over 100 pounds until July 10. That's when University of Southern Mississippi graduate students captured 10 of them over 100 pounds ...