Maximus, a ginormous 125-year-old alligator snapping turtle that staff loved to swim ... “The gentle giant of the North Carolina Zoo.” Max lived in the zoo’s Cypress Swamp since 2015 and ...

A SHEBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — An alligator snapping turtle that was more than 100 years old died recently, according to a Facebook post by the North Carolina Zoo. The post does not specify the turtle ...

the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today protected the Suwannee alligator snapping turtle as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. These large, prehistoric looking turtles live in their ...

The alligator snapping turtle is found primarily in the South, including Florida, Texas and Louisiana. The Pearl River map turtle is found in Louisiana and Mississippi. The twistflower is found in ...

In Kansas, the largest alligator snapping turtle recorded was 138 pounds. “You know, further south when you get into like Mississippi, Alabama down in there they are recording up to 200 pound ...