You wouldn’t normally see the words “turtle” and “lightning-fast” in the same sentence, but common snapping turtles have skills that put Olympic athletes to shame. Although some people in the comments ...

In frigid winter, Vermont’s snapping turtles stay burrowed in mud beneath the ice. For some five or six months, they’re in a state of torpor, and we don’t give them any thought. Then, inevitably, as ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Life can come at you fast, or in the case of a turtle looking to cross a busy Alabama highway, very slow. The story could only get more folksy if a police officer and a ...

A turtle never gets anywhere unless it sticks its neck out, proclaims a flyer from Turtle Plastics, Cleveland. Although the turtle is a relatively slow animal, we all know what happened during the ...

When my brother Jeff and I were young, Dad worked the night shift at what was formerly Lancaster Press. One summer night on his way home, after he made the turn onto Lampeter Road from Bridgeport, he ...

Petaling Jaya, Malaysia - Asia’s illegal trade in the Black Spotted Turtle is spiralling out of control. A new TRAFFIC study shows over 10,000 individuals have been seized in two years, eclipsing ...