Spring and early summer is the time for wild things to carry on parental duties. In our area the snapping turtle is a good example of steady, methodical, parental effort.

Good news for Ohio's noodlers and snoodlers: It will be soon OK to hunt snapping and softshell turtles again. Here are the dates.

June hereabouts brings turtle sightings on dry land, near and not so near bodies of water, some of which end up in the weekly newspaper police reports. What’s happening is that female snapping ...