This scene of the Leatherback sea turtle laying eggs in the sands of Satellite Beach was seen at 6:30 p.m. on the evening of April 7.

This wasn’t just any snapping turtle, this was a mother snapping turtle — and she was guarding all of her eggs. Stracher knew what she had to do. “If they were going to excavate the area ...

Only the snapping turtle and the painted turtle are really common across ... summer to locate nesting sites where they lay between 20 and 80 ping pong ball-shaped eggs. Unfortunately, many of the ...

Harvesting turtles is particularly damaging because turtles have low fertility, low egg and hatchling survival and delayed ... special rule that prohibits the taking of Suwannee alligator snapping ...

A large snapping turtle dubbed "Chonkosaurus" has gone viral for its massive size and story. Chicago native Joey Santore captured a video of the turtle, which was lounging on top of a bunch of ...

Early in the 20th century, alligator snapping turtles were plentiful in river systems ... Trapping is particularly damaging because turtles have low fertility, low egg and hatchling survival, and ...