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Big Lou the American alligator snapping turtle comes out for one of his regular checkups, and he makes quite an impression.

The alligator snapping turtle in this clip has everything he needs to go fishing. The bait is a part of his body, and his lightning-quick 'snap' is too fast for most prey to escape from. All he has to ...

A 60-pound alligator snapping turtle — among the first reported in the wild in Massachusetts — turned up in an Essex County pond after officials said it had apparently been abandoned by its owner.

Protected alligator snapping turtles are returned to their natural habitats, after the trafficked animals are saved from interstate poachers. Cooper Lake State Park in northeastern Texas offers shady ...

KIRKLAND, Wash. — An invasive snapping turtle was found last week at Juanita Beach Park in Kirkland. The alligator snapping turtle, which is the largest freshwater turtle in the U.S., was located ...

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 ...

Alligator snapping turtles lie still at the bottom of the water with their mouths open. The inside of their mouths is a dark gray, which blends in well with the color of the mud.Within that, there is ...

It’s not every day that you see an alligator snapping turtle get a pedicure, so be sure to check out this extraordinary YouTube clip from Taronga Zoo in Sydney. It looks more like a medical procedure, ...