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 ...

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 ...

(KWCH) - The alligator snapping turtle, once a vital part of Kansas ... which can get quite large, up to 200 pounds in parts of their range,” said Riedle. “In fact, companies like Campbell ...

In Kansas, the largest alligator snapping turtle recorded was 138 pounds. “You know, further south when you get into like Mississippi, Alabama down in there they are recording up to 200 pound ...

The alligator snapping turtles in the Suwannee and Santa ... named it Macrochelys suwanniensis, large turtle of the Suwannee. Though the reason for the notch isn’t well understood, genetic ...