ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— Following a petition and legal victory from the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed protecting the alligator snapping turtle under ...

Kansas wildlife officials are preparing to release more of a rarely seen species after initial success last year. Staff with ...

Only the snapping turtle and the painted turtle are really common ... in the lower Hudson Valley and St. Lawrence regions. North America's smallest turtle, the endangered bog turtle, also occurs in ...

Maximus, a ginormous 125-year-old alligator snapping turtle that staff loved to swim with and who brought smiles to thousands of visitors, has died, N.C. Zoo officials said Friday. “A true ...

ASHEBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — An alligator snapping turtle that was more than 100 years old died recently, according to a Facebook post by the North Carolina Zoo. The post does not specify the turtle’s date ...

PETERSBURG, Fla.— The Center for Biological Diversity sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today to force it to ensure protections for 12 plants and animals under the Endangered Species Act, ...

The Suwannee alligator snapping turtle, which only lives in Georgia ... April 2021 in a bid to add it to wildlife protected by the Endangered Species Act. Now, FWS has officially declared the ...

Population numbers of three endangered turtle species in Hong Kong have declined drastically, a study has found, with researchers warning they could become extinct within three to five years if ...