Greg Wittstock the pond guy came to visit the zoo, and we decided to do a little check up on our huge alligator snapping ...

"The only consolation was a very unusual and unplanned catch: a 200-plus-pound alligator snapping turtle," Weston said ... What we didn’t expect was how big it was," Weston added.

The Big Creek crayfish and St. Francis River crayfish are ... They are also threatened by heavy-metal contamination of its streams caused by mining. Alligator snapping turtle. Garry Tucker/USFWS.

An angler from Kentucky says he may have broken a record for a 153-pound alligator gar caught in Lake Livingston, Texas after ...

A gentle giant of the North Carolina Zoo has died. On Friday, the zoo announced the passing of its alligator snapping turtle named Maximus. Maximus was born around 1900, according to the zoo.

Maximus, a ginormous 125-year-old alligator snapping turtle that staff loved to swim with and who brought smiles to thousands of visitors, has died, N.C. Zoo officials said Friday. “A true ...

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 ...

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 ...