A dogwalker spotted the turtle last week in a northwestern English pond called Urswick Tarn, about 5,000 miles from its native habitat in the South.

Pennington stressed that his turtles and tortoises are rescued pets and are not taken away from their natural habitats ... eastern painted turtles, snapping turtles, spotted turtles and of ...

The alligator snapping turtle is a prehistoric-looking freshwater turtle known for its spiked shell, strong, beaked jaws and worm-like tongue, which it uses to lure fish. Habitat degradation ... and ...

The 21 turtle species are all native to the United States, most to the southeast, and include powerful snapping turtles ... These species are threatened by habitat loss and harvest for the pet trade.

On this day one year ago, February 10, 2024, an international animal rights charity said that an alligator snapping turtle found in Cumbria ...