Jim Spinale, 91, is a retired science teacher who volunteers at the So. Shore YMCA Nature Center. His snapping turtle shell is a hit with preschoolers ...

One moment he may be telling staff the story of meeting his wife, Jeanette, in comically unexpected fashion when he was 28.

Only the snapping turtle and the painted turtle are really common across New York. Snappers are the largest New York freshwater turtle, reaching shell lengths of 19 inches and weights of 70 pounds.

the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed protecting the alligator snapping turtle under the Endangered Species Act as a threatened species. This prehistoric-looking freshwater turtle is known ...

The Service did not propose critical habitat protections for the Suwannee alligator snapping turtle ... these prehistoric-looking freshwater turtles are known for their spiked shell, large claws and ...