Snapping turtles are large freshwater ... right next to the world-famous Field Museum of Natural History, one of the largest such museums anywhere and known for its many research initiatives.

NEW YORK — A member of the largest freshwater turtle species in the world with the power to bite ... The reptile, an alligator snapping turtle, was found by a dog walker in a lake in Cumbria ...

Kirk Kirkland were out chasing world records again in early April ... They estimated its weight around 200 pounds, which puts it in the running for one of the heaviest alligator snapping turtles ever ...

Footage of a plump snapping turtle relaxing along a Chicago waterway has gone viral after the man who filmed the well-fed reptile marvelled at its size and nicknamed it “Chonkosaurus”.

Alligator snapping turtles get the award for biggest turtles in the United States. They can grow to more than 200 pounds. They get their names from their strong jaws and hook-shaped snouts.

Being the largest freshwater snapping turtles in the world, alligator snapping turtles are a lot bigger than the common snapping turtles you might spot throughout Florida’s lakes, ponds ...

In short: The release of nearly 100 zoo-bred Bellinger River snapping turtles marks the fifth and largest group to date. Nearly 90 per cent of the population was wiped out in 2015 due to a ...