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

The famed snapping turtle can usually be seen hanging out on a pillar on sunny summer days — and she's a sign the river is thriving.

A female snapping turtle re-entered the wild after spending over a year in rehabilitation at the Center for Wildlife in York.

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 ...

MERCER (WLUK) -- A massive turtle spotted in Iron County is leaving social media shell-shocked ... when he spotted a snapping turtle that made him do a double-take. In addition to the turtle's ...

A Reddit user captured video of a snapping turtle Saturday near Chonkosaurus' chomping grounds around Goose Island.

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 ...

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.