Snapping turtles are large freshwater turtles that are unable to withdraw their head and legs fully into their shells, and so have extremely powerful jaws that they use to defend themselves with by ...

Turtles aren’t known for their speed. In fact, it’s usually quite the opposite. (Slow and steady wins the race and all that.) But one type of turtle is actually incredibly quick, at least with its ...

Benjamin Jameson was on the pond when he came across two snapping turtles in the water that were fighting. In the video shared to 22News, you can hear the two turtles hissing at one another and ...

It isn’t just a viral darling, though. The fact that there are snappers in the once notoriously polluted Chicago River tells a vital story about the health of our waterways. Though some news reports ...

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.

The snapping alligator turtle can reach 40 inches long and up to 180 pounds. A snapping alligator turtle-- with a bite fierce enough to sever human bone -- was mysteriously discovered an ocean away ...