They can grow upward of 200 pounds and are known for strong, triangular-shaped jaws that snap shut like a spring-loaded trap. Alligator snapping turtles are ambush predators who lie on the bottom ...

Snapping turtles have long curved claws, tubercles adorning their neck and legs, a hard, sharp beak, and algae sprouting from its back. ... which dangles to attract fish right into the trap.

Attempting a turtle trap is a new get-rich-quick scheme for the Walter Scott family since he learned of a business that buys snapping turtles for a dollar a pound. $2 for 6 months SUBSCRIBE NOW ...

Arron Tuggle, left, a research assistant, and Eric Munscher, right, director of Turtle Survival Alliance-North American Freshwater Turtle Research Group, position an alligator snapping turtle trap ...

Kudos to the Senate Environmental Conservation Committee and Chair Sen. Mark J. Grisanti, R-Buffalo, for holding back a destructive bill to legalize the lethal trapping of our state reptile, the ...