The higher chance of a turtle sighting comes from smaller snapping turtles, box turtles, painted turtles, softshell turtles and the other dozen species found in Indiana.

ODFW Wildlife biologists captured a 25- pound snapping turtle in a field in Harrisburg in April. Snapping turtles, which are illegal to own or purchase in Oregon, are a hazard to humans, pets and ...

From its new home in Peterborough, a wildlife hospital gives reptiles time and space to heal before returning to vital ...

A 25-pound snapping turtle with a “head the size of a baseball” was found wandering through a pasture in Harrisburg, Ore. on April 28, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife said.

"These turtles live on the bottom of the river. And unlike a painted turtle or red-eared slider, which are very commonly seen basking on rocks and whatnot, snapping turtles are almost never seen.

Painted, snapping and spiny softshell turtle populations have been falling across the state. Turtle populations are in "grave danger," Meier said.

In May and June, aquatic turtles like the eastern painted turtle and the American snapping turtle will be leaving their habitats in ponds, rivers and wetlands to find drier land to lay their eggs ...

The massive snapping turtle at the center of a now-viral video, fittingly named “Chonkosaurus,” may have actually been a pretty rare sight for two kayakers on the Chicago River.