Long regarded as one of the longest-living pets you could ever own, turtles surprise many pet owners with how long they can live. Whether you have a red eared slider or a map turtle, these reptiles ...

GRETNA, Neb. (WOWT) - Staff at the Schramm Education Center near Gretna are remembering a snapping turtle believed to be close to 100 years old. Staff and visitors referred to the turtle as “Big Snap ...

They may look like prehistoric bruisers with faces only a biologist could love, but alligator snapping turtles are proving they're more than just brawn. According to new research from the Texas Parks ...

Foreword / J. Whitfield Gibbons -- Systematics, taxonomy, and geographic distribution of the snapping turtles, family Chelydridae / Carl H. Ernst -- History of fossil Chelydridae / J. Howard Hutchison ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — A snapping turtle that possibly wandered nearly a mile in Aberdeen from what is a common habitat for turtles was likely looking for a place to lay eggs. “The main reason ...

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 ...