Baltimore Animal Rescue & Care Shelter (BARCS) plans to care for the snapping turtle until the reptile can be transported to a wildlife rehab for treatment and release Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor ...

An alligator snapping turtle that looks like something out of "Jurassic Park" has been found 5,000 miles away from its natural habitat in the U.S. South. A dogwalker spotted the turtle last week in a ...

A rescue effort in central Mississippi produced something of a size most people will never encounter, a 124-pound alligator snapping turtle. "His head is huge," said Christy Milbourne, executive ...

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 ...