Chonkosaurus,” possibly the most famous inhabitant of the Chicago River, re-appeared earlier this week after a winter of ...

Snapping turtles are feeling the love from humans. But as nesting season approaches, they and other species face danger ...

A photo of a massive turtle near Mercer will make you do a double-take. Over the weekend, Dan Sodemann, of Madison, said he ...

Here lived all the other animals piled upon its massive shell, drifting and waiting. As the story suggests, turtles have been around for millions of years, coming into being, like many other modern ...

Denise Chamberlain, a parish councilor, saw a post on Facebook about the dinosaur-like creature called an alligator snapping turtle, which is native to Florida. Fluffy, the alligator snapping ...

Snapping turtles roamed the Earth ... can only be taken from the wild if they have a 12-inch or greater carapace (shell) length and may be harvested only from July 1 to March 31 of the following ...

Virginia trapper Winston Marshall with the massive snapping turtle; the snapper's shell measured 18 inches in length. Photos via Facebook Chris Moore and Austin Rush were working at Green Top Sporting ...

You can also tell an alligator snapping turtle by the extra row of scales on the sides of its shell. Common snappers have white dots on their undersides, while alligator snappers don't.

This turtle, like all turtles, was very careful about where she laid her eggs. Most turtles lay their eggs in the morning.

The two would later describe the creature as a massive snapping turtle with a spiked shell the size of a large dining table. They estimated the turtle must have weighed over 500 pounds and went ...