“Turtles were around before dinosaurs, and they watched them emerge, prosper, and disappear altogether. Without changing their body plan at all, turtles further observed the rise of birds and mammals.

While visiting a couple of ponds and swamps this week, I could see how the season has been moving on. On the surface of the pollen-dusted water, I saw some movement. Expecting to observe swimming ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – A snapping turtle was seen laying eggs on the Western New England University’s campus Monday night. The University’s Police were called at around 6:45 p.m. by a concerned ...

A "giant" snapping turtle that was looking for a spot to lay her eggs was relocated on Thursday, after being found in a driveway in Westminster. An officer from the Westminster Police Department (WPD) ...

This Snapping Turtle laid her eggs next to the paved trail at Audubon Community Nature Center last spring. Visitors watched them hatch last weekend. Photo by Jeff Tome People have all kinds of rituals ...

People living in one Westminster neighborhood got an unexpected visitor on their front doorstep this week. They found a giant snapping turtle looking for an area to lay her eggs, landing on one person ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — A snapping turtle that possibly wandered nearly a mile in Aberdeen from what is a common habitat for turtles was likely looking for a place to lay eggs. “The main reason ...

GERMANTOWN, Wis. (CBS 58) -- When Katie Wiedmeyer noticed an injured snapping turtle laying in the middle of Division Rd. in Germantown earlier this summer, she knew she had to do something. "Pulled ...

MINOT -- As spring turns to summer, turtles are out and on the move. "They are laying eggs or looking for good places as we speak," said Patrick Isakson, a nongame biologist for the North Dakota Game ...

When you've just had landscaping work done, the last thing you want to see is a snapping turtle tearing up your landscaping fabric to lay her eggs, but that's exactly what happened to one unfortunate ...