“A true 1% likelihood catch,” Weston wrote in a Facebook post. The Kentucky-based professional angler has broken more than 80 ...

Art Weston, a Kentucky resident ... Last May, Weston and Kirkland accidently reeled in a 200-pound alligator snapping turtle ...

Angler Art Weston is a living legend in the fishing world and held 81 fishing world records at various points in his lifetime ...

Renowned angler Art Weston has done it again — recently ... While he didn’t break the record, he did catch a 200-plus-pound alligator snapping turtle with Kirkland’s help, followed by ...

Merchants Millpond State Park in Gatesville, North Carolina is that rare place where you feel like you’ve accidentally paddled onto the set of Jurassic Park – minus the velociraptors, thankfully. Most ...

Kansas wildlife specialists are gearing up to drop off another batch of alligator snapping turtles in a local river early ...

The creature at hand was an alligator snapping turtle: spikey and iron-jawed. Santa Fe College professor and turtle aficionado Jerry Johnston had enticed 23-year-old Thomas, who has enamored with ...

The state’s population wasn’t alone either, alligator snapping turtle numbers declined across the U.S. in the 60s and 70s. “[Snapping turtles in the] entire southeastern U.S. were harvested ...