The alligator snapping turtle isn’t dangerous if you avoid them, but they posses powerful jaws that can injure a person if provoked. A fisherman in Oklahoma was targeting catfish in Mill Creek at ...

After my column about catching snapping turtles appeared in newspapers around the country, I was inundated with information, on which I was so sorely lacking. I learned how to clean turtles, in many ...

The alligator snapping turtle in this clip has everything he needs to go fishing. The bait is a part of his body, and his lightning-quick ‘snap’ is too fast for most prey to escape from. All he has to ...

Aug. 14—Joe Clemens of Irwin has a dangerous hands-on hobby. Clemens is a fourth-generation turtle noodler, a pursuit where one catches snapping turtles with their bare hands from underwater holes in ...

WWF is working with one the world’s largest manufacturer of fishing hooks to reduce the accidental catch of millions of marine turtles. By producing circle hooks for commercial fishermen, WWF and ...