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 ...

Two feisty creatures met on a lonely sandy road beside a lake in the Sand Hills of Nebraska. I was going south, looking for painted turtles. The ponderous snapping turtle was going north, probably ...

A snapping turtle sits on the side of County Road waiting to cross. (Toby Talbot, AP) CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Activists are pushing the Ohio Division of Natural Resources to consider limits for the number ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- At this time of year, snapping turtles are usually at the bottom of ponds, waiting for winter to end. But one was found on top of a pond last month in St. Louis Park. The ...