This past week I found a snapping turtle busy digging her egg nest in the sand along the side of a back country road. I decided to stop and observe the spectacle that occurs only once a year.

Three limestone snapping turtles have joined the Indiana Dunes Indigenous Cultural Trail at the Indiana Dunes Visitor Center on Indiana Route 49 in Porter. The turtles are only the latest addition ...

According to the Fingerlakes Land Trust website, the American snapping turtle of "the genus Chelyridae evolved in North America 90 million years ago, and modern specimens look very little ...

May and June make up snapping turtle nesting season in Pennsylvania, when the reptiles are considered a protected species. ... Females often dig in sand, compost or mulch piles to lay their eggs.

But many freshwater and terrestrial turtles have also seen steep declines in abundance over the past several decades. A report published earlier this year comparing the results of a five-year ...

KAUKAUNA (WLUK) -- Snapping turtles are out and about in Northeast Wisconsin. Nesting season began recently and runs through mid-July. That's the time when female snappers lay eggs.

After the post blew up, the 28-year-old shared more information in the comments, claiming the deceased turtle was found at Sand Lake, in Sugar Camp. The large reptile washed up on a beach where it ...

Is Chonkosaurus in a turtle love triangle? Rumors swirl about Chicago's giant snapping celebrity The famed reptile emerged with her longtime mate late last month in the Chicago River near Goose ...

Large snapping turtle in Brainerd goes viral 02:14. BRAINERD, Minn. – A photo of a Mississippi River snapping turtle's close encounter with a Twin Cities kayaker is taking the internet by storm.

Sand and moist soil are the best spots for them to lay eggs. ... but not everywhere. FOX 11's crew spent three hours looking for the elusive snapping turtles, but didn't find any.