My earliest memory of a common snapping turtle goes way back to my childhood when our family visited Green Lake for a fishing vacation. I remember we were driving a trail through the timber on the way ...

The biggest snapping turtle I ever saw in the wild surfaced for a gulp of air right next to my boat where I was drifting for stripers underneath the Highway 64 bridge on Lake Keystone. I estimated its ...

Snapping turtles are not the kind of animal that most people think of as “cute” with their funnel-shaped noses, thick, warty bodies, and armored tails. Box turtles are cute. Sea turtles are adorable.

Art Weston and his guide Capt. Kirk Kirkland were out chasing world records again in early April. This time, the accomplished anglers were fishing for a new world-record alligator gar at the upper end ...

PHELAN, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY -- Not your usual golf-course hazard: A giant snapping turtle weighing 70 pounds was found wandering the streets near the La Caada Flintridge Country Club Thursday. The ...

My first sighting of a snapping turtle this spring seemed an auspicious start to turtle season. Some teenage boys had pulled their car to the side of the road, warning lights flashing, and were out ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) – A species of giant turtles, long gone from Kansas, are back after a 30-year hiatus. Staff with the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) released a batch of alligator ...

A massive snapping turtle lounging on a bed of rusty chains in the Chicago River has won hearts on the internet after a viral video of the spectacle was posted to Twitter on Saturday. Joey Santore, a ...

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 ...

In this video, I share an unexpected adventure while trapping beavers, where I accidentally caught a big snapping turtle and decided to eat it. The experience offers a glimpse into the wild, ...