TOPEKA (KSNT) – Kansas wildlife specialists are gearing up to drop off another batch of alligator snapping turtles in a local river early next month. 27 News reached out to the Kansas Department of ...

Eric Nordberg is affiliated with the University of New England and receives external grant funding through NSW, SA, and QLD governments. Deborah Bower works for the University of New England. She ...

MADISON, Wis. -- Why did the turtle cross the road? During the Summer some snapping turtles from the UW Arboretum cross Nakoma Road to find a place in the neighborhood to lay their eggs. One neighbor ...

As the weather gets warmer, you’ll start to see more turtles out and about crossing Oklahoma roads. Micah Holmes, the Communication Education Division Chief with the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) – A species of giant turtles, long gone from Kansas, are back after a 30-year hiatus. Staff with the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) released a batch of alligator ...

Locally, turtles' nesting season runs from about mid-May to mid-June. Motorists kill thousands of turtles trying to cross roads to get to their nesting sites. Seven of the state's 10 native turtle ...

You wouldn’t normally see the words “turtle” and “lightning-fast” in the same sentence, but common snapping turtles have skills that put Olympic athletes to shame. Although some people in the comments ...

Lane Oswalt wanted to play hockey on a frozen pond by his house. He looked down only to realize he was standing over snapping turtles under the ice. The 19-year-old and his family recently moved to ...

A demonstration “what not to do with a snapping turtle” in turned into an illustration when the reptile bite its handler and refused to let go. Video screengrabs A demonstration of how not to handle a ...