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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Weston said he predicts the fish will break a record for the largest worldwide freshwater ... accidently reeled in a 200-pound alligator snapping turtle while trying to catch a massive fish.

While he didn’t break the record, he did catch a 200-plus-pound alligator snapping turtle with Kirkland ... potential record this year — the largest spotted bass caught on a 2-pound test ...