You wouldn’t normally see the words “turtle” and “lightning-fast” in the same sentence, but common snapping turtles have skills that put Olympic athletes to shame. Although some people in the comments ...

Capable of biting clean through bone, the snapping turtle’s jaw is a masterpiece of evolutionary engineering. Learn how anatomy, muscle dynamics, and reaction speed create its devastating power — and ...

On a sunny afternoon in late July, I spotted this turtle walking slowly across a grassy pond levee. This is a native water turtle called the common snapping turtle. It is our second-largest snapping ...