Watch your step: Invasive snapping turtles in Garden City. Are they a threat?

“Because this species is not native to Idaho, our wildlife are not used to having a predator like this in their habitat.” ...
Fox2Now St. Louis

65-pound alligator snapping turtle found in Virginia neighborhood after call about ‘large turtle’

FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. (WJW) – An animal protection call about a large turtle in a residential neighborhood in Virginia led to the discovery of a 65-pound alligator snapping turtle. Fairfax County Police ...
Los Angeles Times

Fish & Wildlife officials blame duck mutilations on snapping turtles, but some are skeptical

State wildlife officials investigating the cause of waterfowl found at Mile Square Regional Park with mutilated bills say the injuries appear to be the work of snapping turtles, though some animal ...
Longmont Times-Call

Boulder animal protection officers relocate stranded baby snapping turtles

Animal protection officers with the Boulder Police Department recently helped stranded baby snapping turtles safely reach a lake near U.S. 36 and Table Mesa Drive. According to the Boulder Police ...
KHQ

Invasive snapping turtle apprehended in Pend Oreille River

NEWPORT, Wash. – Snapping turtles are a prohibited species in Washington. Despite this, one common snapping turtle was found along the Pend Oreille River and had to be removed by the Washington ...
KCUR 89.3 FM

Kansas released 40 alligator snapping turtles into the wild, decades after they disappeared

Alligator snapping turtles are the biggest freshwater turtle in North America, sporting jagged, pointy shells, and a hooked beak. But these prehistoric-looking creatures haven't been seen in Kansas ...
Florida Today

The Suwannee Alligator Snapping Turtle is now a threatened species. Here’s what that means

This week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced in a press release that a prehistoric species of turtle native to Florida is officially a federally threatened species under the Endangered ...