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 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 ...

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 ...

NEW ORLEANS — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing threatened status for alligator snapping turtles — huge, spike-shelled beasts that lurk at the bottom of slow waterways, luring prey to ...

OTTAWA, Ontario, May 13, 2024 – Six out of seven sea turtle species are endangered, and humans are primarily responsible. Commercial fishing activities are the largest human-caused disturbance to sea ...

Bella Vista Fly Tyers will hold a sale of used fishing and outdoor gear from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday and Saturday at United Lutheran Church at 100 Cooper Road in Bella Vista. It is part of a general ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — This isn't your average pet turtle. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) researchers were checking traps when they came upon a 100-pound male ...

"HMS Dauntless was here today, teaming up with Sea Turtle Conservation Curacao in a joint operation to catch some turtles in a research project here in Curacao to find out the causes of diseases on ...

The Asian food market has put a huge dent in the turtle population in North Carolina, but that will soon change. It is now against the law to harvest several species of turtles. Turtle expert Alvin ...

A person was caught with live snapping turtles at a Westchester County reservoir after a police investigation revealed they had been illegally catching the animals, officials said. According to ...

Soups, stews and pies flavored with chunks of sea turtle meat will soon be illegal across the 700 islands of the Bahamas, environmental activists and scientists said Sunday. Despite opposition from ...