Deren Riedle, wildlife diversity coordinator with the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, says people often confuse an alligator snapping turtle with a common snapping turtle. The most ...

Common snapping turtles can usually reach around 30 to 40 pounds. In Kansas, the largest alligator snapping turtle recorded was 138 pounds. “You know, further south when you get into like ...

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 ...