MORE: New flying dinosaur skeleton discovered on Isle of Skye in Scotland Alligator snapping turtles have a hard, armor-like shell, a sharp beak and a bite fierce enough to sever human bone.

As the story suggests, turtles have been around for millions of years, coming into being, like many other modern reptiles, during the age of the dinosaurs. Only the snapping turtle and the painted ...

Update on Fluffy the alligator snapping turtle after he was fished out of Urswick Tarn near Ulverston, Cumbria a year later.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— Following a petition and legal victory from the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed protecting the alligator snapping turtle under ...