Federal officials are warning rafters to watch out for and report invasive snapping turtles that have been multiplying in southern Oregon’s Rogue River. The turtles can harm native wildlife, including ...

May 22 (UPI) --Wildlife officials in Massachusetts were called out to an Essex County pond to capture an unusual non-native animal: a nearly 60-pound alligator snapping turtle. The Massachusetts ...

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 ...

AVERILL PARK, N.Y. (NEWS10) — A nearly 70-year-old injured snapping turtle has passed away at a Massachusetts rescue after being saved from Methodist Farm Road in Averill Park on Tuesday. The ...

AVERILL PARK, N.Y. (WNYT)- The Rensselaer County Sheriff’s Office said deputies helped rescue an injured snapping turtle after Albany County Sheriff Craig Apple found it on a road in Averill Park.

GRAND HAVEN, Mich. (WOOD) — Doug the Tank, a snapping turtle that went viral across West Michigan, has been released back in the wild. The Michigan Amphibian & Reptile Sanctuary announced that the ...

A snapping turtle that apparently had been displaced by spring flooding has been rescued from the Lake Michigan shoreline and placed back into more suitable habitat. “Doug the Tank”, a 33-pound ...

High schooler Evan Budz's award-winning invention can identify coral bleaching, invasive species, and microplastics without disturbing marine ecosystems. By Laura Kiniry Published May 12, 2026 9:01 AM ...

GRAND HAVEN, MI –A sassy snapping turtle that had a misadventure on a Lake Michigan beach is fully recovered and back at home. Before his rescue, “Doug the Tank” had reportedly been struggling in the ...

GRAND HAVEN, Mich. — About a month ago, Doug, a large common snapping turtle, was found struggling along the shoreline of Lake Michigan near Grand Haven after being displaced by heavy flooding in the ...