Following a petition and agreement with the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today protected the Suwannee alligator snapping turtle as threatened under the ...

best known for hunting down the invasive pythons and iguanas in Florida’s Everglades. “A client named Fatty showed us what not to do with a snapping turtle! Ouch!” Kimmel wrote. Mike ...

Habitat degradation, historical overharvest and ongoing capture have caused significant population declines in the once-abundant turtle. Early in the 20th century, alligator snapping turtles were ...

Update on Fluffy the alligator snapping turtle after he was fished out of Urswick Tarn near Ulverston, Cumbria a year later.