Research splits alligator snapping turtle, 'dinosaur of the turtle world,' into three species

Thursday, April 24, 2014 - 08:40 in Biology & Nature

The alligator snapping turtle is the largest river turtle in North America, weighing in at up to 200 pounds and living almost a century. Now researchers from Florida and the University of Vermont have discovered that it is not one species—but three.

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