ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— 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 ...

Kansas wildlife specialists are gearing up to drop off another batch of alligator snapping turtles in a local river early next month. 27 News reached out to the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks ...

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 ...

The turtles chomp on static lines set to catch fish in rivers, perforating their digestive system or drowning them. Poaching and commercial harvest for turtle soup decimated alligator snapping ...

Before 40 of the creatures were released into the Neosho River in September, the snapping turtle ... Fish and Wildlife Service at a hatchery facility in Tishomingo, Okla., in 1999. Since then ...

Calling it the “most challenging catch of my life,” Weston spent nearly four hours reeling in the fish. With the ... catch a 200-plus-pound alligator snapping turtle with Kirkland’s help ...

An angler may have broken a world record after reeling in a massive prehistoric-looking fish. Art Weston, a Kentucky resident, went to Lake Livingston, Texas, to catch an alligator gar with the ...