Alligator snapping turtle found far from home in English pond, is promptly named Fluffy A dogwalker spotted the turtle last week in a northwestern English pond called Urswick Tarn, about 5,000 ...

A common snapping turtle, a species designated as ecologically disruptive in Korea, was discovered in a park in Incheon, ...

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 ...

Sort of cute, sort of creepy, turtles are a part of summer in Upper Michigan. We like to be in the turtle’s watery wonderland ...

Snapping turtles are a prohibited species in Washington. Despite this, one common snapping turtle was found along the Pend ...

Lane Oswalt wanted to play hockey on a frozen pond by his house. He looked down only to realize he was standing over snapping turtles under the ice. The 19-year-old and his family recently moved ...

Tularemia is an infection typically found in squirrels, wild rodents, certain birds, and rabbits. It's a rare disease that affects no more than 200 people per year in the U.S. Aside from ticks, ...

Snapping turtles help keep ponds clean, by eating dead animals - an important natural process. If you find a turtle trying to cross a road, Matt and Sy have some advice for how to help.

While it’s unusual to see the turtles away from their regular habitat, this isn’t the first time scientists have needed to move turtles away from the Forty Acres. In 2014 and in 2005, the turtles were ...

Common snapping turtles can bite with a force of about 210 Newtons, and their strike is considered “lightning-fast.” Alligator snapping turtles have an even stronger bite, with measured forces ...