Assembly Bill A2490-2013 would amend the New York State Environmental Conservation Law to allow trappers to take snapping turtles, our state reptile. Turtles already are under pressure globally, with ...

CHARLES CITY, Va. (AP) — In water to his waist and mud to his calves, Ben Colteaux pulled up a net and found a stinky monster. Colteaux had caught a snapping turtle, Virginia’s largest freshwater ...

MISSOULA, Mont. - Hoop traps will be set up in local ponds, sloughs, backwaters and other waterways throughout Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP) Region 2 to capture and remove invasive snapping ...

Methods used in wildlife ecology can influence population- and community-level estimates, such as species richness, sex ratio, age and size structure, occupancy and detection probabilities, and ...

The Asian food market has put a huge dent in the turtle population in North Carolina, but that will soon change. It is now against the law to harvest several species of turtles. Turtle expert Alvin ...

State wildlife officials investigating the cause of waterfowl found at Mile Square Regional Park with mutilated bills say the injuries appear to be the work of snapping turtles, though some animal ...

Two local men are accused of illegally trapping snapping turtles and selling them to a company that turned them into meat. The charges were announced this week as part of a statewide crackdown on the ...

Travis Thomas grew up on the Santa Fe River, but never imagined he’d lean over its glassy waters and hoist up a 65-pound prehistoric beast. The creature at hand was an alligator snapping turtle: ...