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.

NEWPORT, Ky. -- This week was the end of an era for the Newport Aquarium: One of its most iconic animals -- and certainly the oldest -- died Tuesday. Thunder, an alligator snapping turtle, had been ...