By comparison, the largest land turtle is the alligator snapping turtle, which reaches a length of 30 inches and a weight of 225 pounds. Even the largest freshwater turtle — the Yangtze softshell ...

Greg Wittstock the pond guy came to visit the zoo, and we decided to do a little check up on our huge alligator snapping turtle ... Pope Francis, the first pontiff from the Americas, dies at 88 ...

SARGENT, Texas – A loggerhead sea turtle was recently saved after she washed up on the Gulf of America coast in Sargent, Texas, covered in barnacles and other animals. The Gulf Center for Sea Turtle ...

BEAUFORT COUNTY, S.C. — A South Carolina woman fended off an alligator after authorities said it attacked her 77-year-old husband in their backyard in the Sun City Hilton Head community on ...

A 77-year-old Sun City man was attacked by an alligator while spreading mulch in his backyard. The man's wife saved him by striking the alligator with a tomato stake until it released him. The man ...

WAS GARDENING NEAR THE POND AND SLIPPED INTO THE WATER WITH THE ALLIGATOR. JUST LAST MONTH -- WJCL 22 NEW SPOKE WITH AN ALLIGATOR SAFETY EXPERT. THEY SAY IF YOU FIND YOURSELF IN A SITUATION WHERE ...

THIS MORNING. THIS MORNING IN BEAUFORT COUNTY -- A MAN IS RECOVERING AFTER BEING ATTACKED BY AN 8-FOOT ALLIGATOR. IT HAPPENED YESTERDAY IN THE SUN CITY COMMUNITY. AUTHORITIES SAY HE WAS AIRLIFTED TO A ...

For the 42 games since then, the Lightning failed to come out on top before Tuesday night when they finally snapped the losing streak against another struggling program that had lost 100 straight ...

Taking the initiative, he activated a Code TURTLE, jumping in to save a snapping turtle that was enjoying the sun, as “cars were swerving” around it. While the fire department said drivers ...

Rory McIlroy took a skip shot across a pond on the par-3 16th hole during a practice round at the famed golf course, but it nearly took out a curious little turtle that was on the other side of ...

The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources arrested two people suspected of killing an alligator out of season in Horry County. SCDNR officers made the arrests after receiving information ...