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 ...
Wildlife conservationists in Florida stumbled across an enormous species of turtle that looks like it crawled out of a monster movie. Biologists with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation ...
A rare prehistoric-looking turtle has turned up on a beach in Siberia - more than 6,000 miles away from its normal home in the American south. With rough skin, sharp claws, and spiky ridges down its ...
Researchers with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission captured a 100-pound alligator snapping turtleCredit: fwc.com The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation (FWC) said researchers ...
After discovering a dangerous snapping turtle in a river by an Asda, a dad took the creature home for a bath. The aggressive reptile, over half a metre long, was found in the riverside by Asda in ...
An Alligator Snapping Turtle, usually found in rivers of North America, which was caught by keen angler Drew Hammond at Earlswood Lakes in Birmingham Credit: Photo: NEWSTEAM Drew Hammonds, 37, from ...
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 ...
A turtle whose species has been known to severe fingers down to the bone has been rescued in a shopping basket of all things - and will now live in Cornwall. The "dangerous" alligator snapping turtle, ...
TOPEKA (KSNT) – Kansas wildlife specialists are gearing up to drop off another batch of alligator snapping turtles in a local river early next month. 27 News reached out to the Kansas Department of ...