Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Blanding's turtle is a threatened species in Iowa. (Photo courtesy of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources) Iowa is home to 13 ...

IOWA – Hikers saw a unique sight while exploring the frozen outdoors of Iowa. A video shared by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources showed snapping turtles lying frozen in time under icy waters.

Lane Oswalt wanted to play hockey on a frozen pond by his house. He looked down only to realize he was standing over snapping turtles under the ice. The 19-year-old and his family recently moved to ...

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (WOWT) - In Council Bluffs, there’s a room where the bed is always wet. Tank the Turtle likes it that way. “He’s a common snapping turtle,” said Steve Gilfillan, Tank’s caretaker.

Wildlife officials in Massachusetts were called out to an Essex County pond to capture an unusual non-native animal: an alligator snapping turtle.

DES MOINES — Turtles in Iowa would be subject to commercial and recreational seasons and daily catch limits designed to protect them during their nesting season under preliminary rules the state ...