While paddling down the river, I spotted something massive on the bank. The smell hit before I even reached it. What I found was a giant snapping turtle carcass — shell intact, legs still attached.

A 60-pound alligator snapping turtle — among the first reported in the wild in Massachusetts — turned up in an Essex County ...

Turtles aren’t known for their speed. In fact, it’s usually quite the opposite. (Slow and steady wins the race and all that.) But one type of turtle is actually incredibly quick, at least with its ...

The famed snapping turtle, dubbed “Chonkosaurus” by internet commentators when pictures of her basking on a Chicago River pylon first went viral in summer 2023, reappeared earlier this week. The ...

He’s Chicago’s biggest celebrity. A massive snapping turtle sunbaking on a pile of rusty chains in the Chicago River has captured the hearts of locals, who have affectionately dubbed it “Chonkosaurus.

A common snapping turtle that some have dubbed "Mossynoggin" is something of a wildlife celebrity at Potter Lake on the University of Kansas campus. This photo was taken two summers ago, in June 2020.

The sanctuary says the turtle was found near Grand Haven, lethargic and exhausted after being thrown back and forth by waves.

A startling social media clip is grabbing attention after showing a snapping turtle ambushing a snake in the water and ...

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

At Roberts Mill Park’s pond, Taneytown anglers have been reeling in more shells than scales. A wildlife management company ...

An eastern painted turtle named Millie is back in the water after a year of healing from severe injuries caused by a car.

"Protecting adult females and turtle nests in the wild is essential for conserving Wisconsin turtle populations."  One way to ...