Protected alligator snapping turtles are returned to their natural habitats, after the trafficked animals are saved from interstate poachers. Cooper Lake State Park in northeastern Texas offers shady ...

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 ...

Locally, turtles' nesting season runs from about mid-May to mid-June. Motorists kill thousands of turtles trying to cross roads to get to their nesting sites. Seven of the state's 10 native turtle ...

Officials say animals gathering in trash catch areas due to drought and dry river What was once a routine maintenance of an arroyo trash catch turned into a community mission to save wildlife after ...