Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The giant turtle known as Big Snap Daddy. On Tuesday the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission announced the death of what's believed ...

Snapping turtles are large freshwater turtles that are unable to withdraw their head and legs fully into their shells, and so have extremely powerful jaws that they use to defend themselves with by ...

Scenes from the Pollinator Party held at the Schramm Education Center near Gretna on Saturday, June 24. The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission celebrated Nebraska Pollinator Week with the event, held ...

Turtles are some of the oldest reptiles in the world — and to some reptile enthusiasts, they might be the cutest. They've evolved over the last million or so years to live on land, in water, or ...

Locally, turtles' nesting season runs from about mid-May to mid-June. Motorists kill thousands of turtles trying to cross roads to get to their nesting sites. Seven of the state's 10 native turtle ...