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New Alligator Snapping Turtle

A closer look at a new alligator snapping turtle from Chandler’s Wild Life, highlighting wildlife observation and education.
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Alligator snapping turtle takes two people to wrangle

A massive alligator snapping turtle requires a careful health check when Jay teams up with Greg Wittstock, The Pond Guy. The ...
The Boston Globe

Tiny turtles on the march, a highway bridge mishap, and a wild pool party

Every day, police officers respond to reports of all sorts of events and nonevents, most of which never make the news. Here is a sampling of lesser-known — but no less noteworthy — incidents from ...
WGAL

Injured snapping turtle released back into the wild in Adams County

"They are dinosaurs, living dinosaurs, very impressive," Garrett Lamason of the West Shore Wildlife Center said. Dino’s journey began on July 9 when a family found him in the middle of West High ...
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19 animals rescued from Cypress-area garage, including alligator, puppies, turtle, Houston SPCA says

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) -- The Houston SPCA shared on Wednesday that 19 animals, including an alligator, a turtle, and several puppies, were rescued from a garage of a Cypress-area home. According ...
Columbus Dispatch

'Living dinosaurs' can be found in Ohio wetlands

Snapping turtles are considered living fossils, with ancestors dating back 60 million years. Most snapping turtles do not survive to adulthood due to high predation rates on eggs and hatchlings. Adult ...
The Evening Sun

Hooked, hit and healing: Snapping turtle's journey to New Oxford creek

A family discovered an injured snapping turtle under a truck in New Oxford, Pennsylvania. The turtle, named Dino, had a cracked shell from being hit by a car and two fish hooks lodged in his throat.
WCAX

Snapping turtles to hatch soon at North Beach

BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - Burlington Parks and Recreation is protecting a family of snapping turtles nesting at North Beach. The department has placed bright orange netting around the nests to protect ...
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How To Identify A Snapping Turtle In Your Yard

Turtles are some of the oldest reptiles in the world — and to some reptile enthusiasts, they might be the cutest. They've evolved over the last million or so years to live on land, in water, or ...
WCTV

‘We’re heartbroken’: Alligator Point loses all sea turtle nests to Tropical Storm Bertha

ALLIGATOR POINT, Fla. (WCTV) - Tropical Storm Bertha has impacted marine life around the area. On St. George Island, experts say over 200 sea turtle nests were washed away. Alligator Point’s sea ...
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Alligator snapping turtles rescued from Mississippi lake drainage

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Specialists with the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks (MDWFP) worked to rescue two trapped alligator snapping turtles. According to MDWFP, the Exotic ...