A 60-pound alligator snapping turtle — among the first reported in the wild in Massachusetts — turned up in an Essex County pond after officials said it had apparently been abandoned by its owner.

May 22 (UPI) --Wildlife officials in Massachusetts were called out to an Essex County pond to capture an unusual non-native animal: a nearly 60-pound alligator snapping turtle. The Massachusetts ...

Diamond, a 220-pound loggerhead sea turtle, was joined by scores of enthusiastic onlookers as he marched back into the sea Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center/Facebook Diamond, a 220-pound ...

An Indiana man was arrested after he was seen dancing alongside a bustling roadway while allegedly carrying a state-protected turtle — and a baggie of meth. The man, who wasn’t publicly identified, ...

A long-planned sea turtle hospital on the Texas coast is finally moving toward construction. Galveston's Gulf Center for Sea Turtle Research is expected to break ground in November 2026 on a new sea ...

Huge endangered snapping turtle, somehow loose in Mass., rescued from pond “This is one of the first alligator snappers that's been found in the wild in Massachusetts, which means that somebody had it ...

Earlier this spring an Essex County resident notified MassWildlife of a snapping turtle acting oddly in their yard and asked for help. What MassWildlife staff found was a female alligator snapping ...

Three people, including a young boy, were taken to the hospital after a shooting in Turtle Creek Tuesday night, police said.Allegheny County police said the shooting happened near Albert Street and ...

Ganges softshell turtle species in Kaziranga National Park will be monitored through satellite. (Image: X/@wii_india) India released its first satellite-tagged Ganges softshell turtle Kaziranga Park ...