Jul. 3—"Why did the turtle cross the road?" "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 ...

Social media buzzed about an alligator at Stratford Woods Park, but Midland police say the creature is a large snapping ...

Campers spotted a common snapping turtle forming a nest and laying eggs at Chippewa Park. The nest is in the middle of a ...

Here's everything you should do if you see turtle eggs or babies in the garden.

The number of healthy, mature turtles that had been struck and killed on the road was incredibly upsetting to see,” a ...

While paddling down the river, I spotted something massive on the bank. The smell hit before I even reached it. What I found was a giant snapping turtle carcass — shell intact, legs still attached.

Turtles are instantly recognized by the shell on their backs, but across species, there are some incredibly unique heads that ...

The turtle was likely released by an "irresponsible owner" An American snapping turtle with a bite that feels like "trapping your finger in a car door" has been found in a stream at a Welsh beauty ...

An American snapping turtle with a bite that feels like "trapping your finger in a car door" has been found in a stream at a Welsh beauty spot. The turtle with his beak-like jaws and native to North ...

Last year Anna Thonis, a postdoctoral researcher at New York University, launched a study of Long Island’s Eastern box turtles, a "species of special concern" in New York — not officially threatened ...

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 ...