Turtles are some of the oldest reptiles in the world — and to some reptile enthusiasts, they might be the cutest. They've evolved over the last million or so years to live on land, in water, or ...

“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 of some large snapping turtles ...

Protected alligator snapping turtles are returned to their natural habitats, after the trafficked animals are saved from interstate poachers. Cooper Lake State Park in northeastern Texas offers shady ...

The name Chelydra serpentina evokes colossal reptiles stomping through ancient forests. But it’s actually just the scientific name for the common snapping turtle, an invasive species that seems to be ...

Earlier this spring an Essex County resident notified MassWildlife of a snapping turtle acting oddly in their yard and asked for help. What MassWildlife staff found was a female alligator snapping ...