A woman in Maine came across a two-headed baby snapping turtle that was trying to cross the road. Kathleen Talbot of Hudson told WLBZ-TV she discovered the turtle as she monitored other turtle ...

When fisherman Drew Hammonds saw a spiky armour-plated creature at the end of his line, he made a snap decision. He dropped his rod and started to run. But after a quick look back he realised he had ...

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BURLINGTON, Vt. (ABC22/FOX44) – People walking and biking in Burlington’s South End will have some new – and very tiny – company. Burlington parks officials wrote on social media that baby snapping ...

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 ...

THE biggest ever snapping turtle weighing 100 pounds was caught last week by stunned wildlife conservationists in a Florida river. Researchers said the turtle is a new species, known formally as ...

Locally, turtles' nesting season runs from about mid-May to mid-June. Motorists kill thousands of turtles trying to cross roads to get to their nesting sites. Seven of the state's 10 native turtle ...