But when did Americans begin eating this unlikely delicacy, and why did they stop? Green snapping turtles were abundant in the first colonies, and early settlers ate their fill of the meat.

Lying tangled in the mud and scum at the bottom of the riverbed, comes the story of the Snapping Turtle and The Cattails. In a crook of the river somewhere in Louisiana, entrenched in live oaks and ...

As a scientist, I hear the indisputable data, and also a message, simultaneously material and spiritual, carried by snapping turtles: The Earth asks more of us than gratitude. Green technology ...

It’s not every day a reptile earns celebrity status, but one massive snapping turtle in Virginia has done just that.

Virginia trapper Winston Marshall with the massive snapping turtle; the snapper's shell measured 18 inches in length. Photos via Facebook Chris Moore and Austin Rush were working at Green Top Sporting ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— Following a petition and agreement with the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today protected the Suwannee alligator snapping turtle as ...

The Suwannee Alligator Snapping Turtle can only be found living in the Suwannee River Basin of Georgia and Florida and the population is officially on the decline, according to the press release.