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 ...

This one-ton turtle once ruled South America’s rivers — until a changing planet proved too much for even the largest ...

The biggest turtle ever to have lived had a massive eight-foot-long shell and weighed more than a tonne, according to a new study. The beast named Stupendemys geographicus roamed modern-day Colombia ...

Scientists studying the world’s largest river turtles, a South American species that grows to a length of nearly a meter, or 3 feet, have found the largest nesting aggregation ever recorded. Using ...