"It seems like nowadays each day on the calendar is dedicated to something." ...

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 ...

Why did the turtle cross the road?” “To get to the Shell station,” is how one version of the joke goes. The reality is turtles cross roads all of the time. And judging by the evidence of the failure ...

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 ...

Many cultures tell fascinating tales about turtles. Several North American Native tribes speak of a great turtle floating in a primal sea, before there was any land. Here lived all the other animals ...

Snapping turtles often get a bad reputation for their hooked jaws and rugged appearance. They look like creatures built only for defense, but the truth is far more interesting. These reptiles have ...

It’s a face only a mother could love. Well, a mother or a wildlife biologist. But if you ever get face-to-face with a 200-pound, 100 year-old alligator snapping turtle with its gaping jaws spread wide ...