A 60-pound alligator snapping turtle — among the first reported in the wild in Massachusetts — turned up in an Essex County ...

A startling social media clip is grabbing attention after showing a snapping turtle ambushing a snake in the water and ...

It looks like a smiling swamp creature straight out of a movie.

Wildlife officials in Massachusetts were called out to an Essex County pond to capture an unusual non-native animal: an ...

Efforts from two county law enforcement leaders and deputies to save an estimated 70-year-old snapping turtle did not prevail ...

An endangered alligator snapping turtle, not native to Massachusetts, was rescued and is being treated for severe pneumonia.

Turtles aren’t known for their speed. In fact, it’s usually quite the opposite. (Slow and steady wins the race and all that.) But one type of turtle is actually incredibly quick, at least with its ...

The famed snapping turtle, dubbed “Chonkosaurus” by internet commentators when pictures of her basking on a Chicago River pylon first went viral in summer 2023, reappeared earlier this week. The ...

A local turtle conservation not-for-profit is asking Kingstonians to keep an eye out for turtles, especially snapping turtles ...

This snapping turtle was rescued near Brookfield, N.S., last fall after suffering extensive damage to the shell and a broken pelvis. On Thursday, ...

A nearly 70-year-old injured snapping turtle has passed away at a Massachusetts rescue after being saved from Methodist Farm ...

The sanctuary says the turtle was found near Grand Haven, lethargic and exhausted after being thrown back and forth by waves.