Turtles aren’t known for their speed. In fact, it’s usually quite the opposite. (Slow and steady wins the race and all that.) But one type of turtle is actually incredibly quick, at least with its ...

This is from the online archives of The Star of North Augusta, a collection of more than 25,000 articles published from October 2007 to February 2022. Q. I am as wary as others about the nonsense we ...

Snapping turtles are large freshwater turtles that are unable to withdraw their head and legs fully into their shells, and so have extremely powerful jaws that they use to defend themselves with by ...

For once, Florida is invading the United Kingdom. A dog walker in Cumbria in northwest England spotted something bizarre and prehistoric-looking in a small local lake and asked about it on Facebook.

A member of the largest freshwater turtle species in the world with the power to bite through bone has been discovered in the United Kingdom – thousands of miles from its native home in the United ...

A demonstration of how not to handle a snapping turtle turned into a cringe-inducing illustration when the turtle bit its handler and refused to let go. A video of the incident was posted Jan. 30 on ...

Virginia trapper Winston Marshall with the massive snapping turtle; the snapper's shell measured 18 inches in length. Photos via Facebook Chris Moore and Austin Rush were working at Green Top Sporting ...

Who can resist that face? While the alligator snapping turtle might look like a giant beetle made from volcanic rock, these unique creatures are native to Kansas’ rivers — and they’re about to make a ...

NEWPORT, Wash. – Snapping turtles are a prohibited species in Washington. Despite this, one common snapping turtle was found along the Pend Oreille River and had to be removed by the Washington ...