Georgia law prohibits harassment, capturing, killing, selling or purchasing the snapping turtles, and it’s also illegal to destroy the turtle’s habitat on public lands. Similar laws exist in ...

The Suwannee Alligator Snapping Turtle can only be found living in the Suwannee River Basin of Georgia and Florida and the population is officially on the decline, according to the press release ...

Of Georgia’s 27 turtle species, the ones that I encounter most often on a road this time of year are box, painted and common snapping turtles.

ATLANTA- New research shows the alligator snapping turtle, known to grow to 200 pounds and live almost 100 years, is actually three species and therefore rarer than previously thought. The new stud… ...

The Suwannee alligator snapping turtle, which only lives in Georgia and Florida’s Suwannee River Basin, was officially named to the threatened species list in the Federal Register on Thursday.

ATLANTA — The dinosaur of the turtle world is on the decline, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The agency said that the Suwannee alligator snapping turtle is being listed as a ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— Following a petition and agreement with the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today protected the Suwannee alligator snapping turtle as ...

The Suwannee alligator snapping turtle, which only lives in Georgia and Florida’s Suwannee River Basin, was officially named to the threatened species list in the Federal Register on Thursday.

"The Suwannee alligator snapping turtle is listed as a state-designated threatened species in Florida and Georgia. In Florida, it is illegal to take, possess, or sell.