The species is listed as threatened and harvesting the turtles is illegal in Texas, so Weston and Kirkland had to safely release it back into the water unharmed. To do so, the fishing duo had to ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A massive alligator snapping turtle, estimated to be around 200 pounds, ...

Art Weston and his guide Capt. Kirk Kirkland were out chasing world records again in early April. This time, the accomplished anglers were fishing for a new world-record alligator gar at the upper end ...

Dan Sturdivant told the news station he originally thought it was a tree log floating in the water. Officials later determined the snapping turtle was potentially older than the lake itself. Lake ...

On a recent fishing outing on the river, NAF contributor Jim Edlund hooks into a giant snapping turtle. After some close calls, the angler manages to release the turtle unharmed. Posted on 5/22/2015 ...

Snapping turtles are large freshwater turtles that are unable to withdraw their head and legs fully into their shells, and so have extremely powerful jaws that they use to defend themselves with by ...

Alligator snapping turtles, like the one seen in this file photo, were classified as endangered in Kansas in 1974. The state has begun a reintroduction program to bring the creatures back to Kansas ...