This is Lou the Giant Alligator Snapping Turtle Their known for their giant beak shaped mouth that can close very fast and ...

Kansas wildlife specialists are gearing up to drop off another batch of alligator snapping turtles in a local river early ...

The Service did not propose critical habitat protections for the Suwannee alligator snapping turtle, finding that doing so was ... nest predation by predators like raccoons, climate change and a lack ...

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 ... nest ...

The Suwannee alligator snapping turtle fit right in among elephant ... Heavy, huge and hidden, adult alligator snappers have few natural predators. Their bony shells are lined with three rows ...

The state’s population wasn’t alone either, alligator snapping turtle numbers declined across the U.S. in the 60s and 70s. “[Snapping turtles in the] entire southeastern U.S. were harvested ...