A dogwalker spotted the turtle last week in a northwestern English pond called Urswick Tarn, about 5,000 miles from its native habitat in the South.

“A client named Fatty showed us what not to do with a snapping turtle! Ouch!” Kimmel wrote. Mike “Fatty” Linne was ...

Alligator snapping turtles are scary-looking creatures ... the turtles were overharvested for their meat, which is why their population has dwindled.

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 Collins, Iowa, from Minnesota and the property has a farm pond.

The 21 turtle species are all native to the United States, most to the southeast, and include powerful snapping turtles ... the globe are gravely threatened by the pernicious pet and meat trades, but ...

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 ...