A dangerous turtle capable of biting through bones has been found in a tarn in Cumbria. An alligator snapping turtle, which is usually found in swamps and freshwater rivers in Florida, Texas and other ...

The alligator snapping turtle, which is native to the rivers and swamps in Florida, the US, was discovered beside Urswick Tarn in Cumbria on Monday. Local councillor Denise Chamberlain retrieved the ...

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, ...

A courageous lifeguard pulled a snarling snapping turtle from the waters of a Seattle-area park before fearlessly posing with the dangerous reptile. The young lifeguard jumped into action last week ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Monday that it is proposing threatened status for alligator snapping turtles -- huge, spike-shelled reptiles t that lurk at the bottom of lakes and slow ...

An invasive alligator snapping turtle has been pulled from a Cumbrian lake. A dog walker found the exotic creature, which is native to swamps and rivers in southern parts of the US, in Urswick Tarn, ...