And the Suwannee Alligator Snapping Turtle’s population is even smaller. “Illegal harvest and collection, hook ingestion and entanglement from recreational and commercial fishing, and nest ...

An alligator snapping turtle that looks like something out of "Jurassic Park" has been found 5,000 miles away from its natural habitat in the U.S. South. A dogwalker spotted the turtle last week ...

The Service did not propose critical habitat protections for the Suwannee alligator snapping turtle, finding that doing so was ... the turtles face threats from illegal harvest, fishing bycatch, nest ...

they shouldn’t be exiting the water to dig nests any time soon.” People who do encounter an alligator snapping turtle in the wild are encouraged to pass the information on to Starks at trevor ...

The snapping alligator turtle can reach 40 inches long and up to 180 pounds. A snapping alligator turtle-- with a bite fierce enough to sever human bone -- was mysteriously discovered an ocean ...

"The only consolation was a very unusual and unplanned catch: a 200-plus-pound alligator snapping turtle," Weston said. "When the turtle took the bait, Kirk had a good idea it was a turtle based ...

Snapping turtles are North America’s largest turtle species. Male alligator snappers can reach ... dent in game fish populations. Mammalian nest predators and large fish, meanwhile, kill far ...

Talk about the catch of a lifetime. A fisherman in Texas reeled in a massive alligator snapping turtle while he was celebrating Father’s Day. Justin Broomhall, 25, of Longview, Texas ...

Geographically, alligator snapping turtles are somewhat restricted compared to their common relatives, and are limited mainly to the southeast and Great Plains. Snapping turtle jaw strength—whil ...

The agency said that the Suwannee alligator snapping turtle is being listed as a threatened ... entanglement from recreational and commercial fishing, and nest predation are key factors in why ...

Who can resist that face? While the alligator snapping turtle might look like a giant beetle made from volcanic rock, these unique creatures are native to Kansas’ rivers — and they’re about ...