A picture of herpetologist and founder of Garden State Tortoise Chris Leone handling the huge alligator snapping turtle, left, and a close-up of the reptile named Chief Brody, right.

A fisherman from Kentucky reeled in a monster-sized, 200-pound alligator snapping turtle in Texas; he also caught a massive alligator gar that has been submitted for a world record.

The snapping alligator turtle can reach 40 inches long and up to 180 pounds. A snapping alligator turtle-- with a bite fierce enough to sever human bone -- was mysteriously discovered an ocean ...

A dogwalker spotted the turtle last week in a northwestern English pond called Urswick Tarn, about 5,000 miles from its native habitat in the South.

However, it’s still not a good idea to get too close to them, as snapping turtles are powerful enough to bite off your finger! The post Why You Should Never Pick Up a Snapping Turtle by the Tail ...

Going for a swim is a vital part of surviving any Texas summer, especially when Central Texans have ample waterways courtesy the likes of Lake Austin, Lake Travis and Lady Bird Lake. With any nature ...

'Fluffy," an alligator snapping turtle native to Florida with jaws that can bite though bone, turned up in a lake in the UK.

Art Weston caught a pending world-record alligator gar on April 7, but it wasn't as big as the snapping turtle he caught the day before.

He’s 107 years old, weighs 120 pounds, and now you can see him up close! Meet Bone Crusher, the Greensboro Science Center’s legendary alligator snapping turtle.

Alligator snapping turtle sightings are unheard of in Kansas in recent decades, and they will continue to be rare after the reintroduction program begins.

Now with the additional funds from the Conservation Licenses Plate program, rewards for alligator snapping turtle tips may be increased to up to $2,000.

The Instagram account @ocean.encounters shared a video of a snapping turtle eating a crab. In the clip, the snapping turtle sits practically unmoving as it tracks a crab walking past its face.