NEW ORLEANS -- It's a marvelously ugly beast, with spiked and ridged armor, a sharply hooked beak, a fishing lure in its mouth and a nasty bite. But the alligator snapping turtle's hard shell holds ...

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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A snapping turtle that apparently had been displaced by spring flooding has been rescued from the Lake Michigan shoreline and ...

Alligator snapping turtles are the biggest freshwater turtle in North America, sporting jagged, pointy shells, and a hooked beak. But these prehistoric-looking creatures haven't been seen in Kansas ...

Oh, snap, guess what he saw? A dog walker in Cumbria, United Kingdom, came across an interesting creature last week. Denise Chamberlain, a parish councilor, saw a post on Facebook about the ...

Oh, snap, guess what he saw? A dog walker in Cumbria, United Kingdom, came across an interesting creature last week. Denise Chamberlain, a parish councilor, saw a post on Facebook about the ...

You wouldn’t normally see the words “turtle” and “lightning-fast” in the same sentence, but common snapping turtles have skills that put Olympic athletes to shame. Although some people in the comments ...

Visitors to a beauty spot were warned to stay out of the water after an "extremely dangerous" snapping turtle was spotted – ...

From the column: "Always move turtles in the direction they were heading. They know where they’re going, and if you turn them ...