The shores of the Mississippi River are teeming with narratives. Tales spring up and reveal themselves like fish breaking the water’s surface, only to disappear back into the depths of history. Lying ...

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 ...

Dan Hemby told a news station that losing his turtle, named Thanos, was "almost like losing a piece of myself" Getty Images A 100-year-old alligator snapping turtle has gone missing in North Carolina ...

Snapping turtles are large freshwater turtles that are unable to withdraw their head and legs fully into their shells, and so have extremely powerful jaws that they use to defend themselves with by ...

A man from Jacksonville is searching for his missing alligator snapping turtle, and the century-old reptile may have been taken from a highway rest stop. The snapping turtle’s name is Thanos, and he ...

The alligator snapping turtle (Macrochelys temminckii) represents a unique component of North American freshwater ecosystems. Renowned for its distinctive morphology and ambush predation strategy, the ...

We’d never hit snooze ever again if we were one woman. She has the best alarm clock in the world! Jamie recently shared the amazing way she greets the day. And it involves the cutest Snapping Turtle.

A demonstration “what not to do with a snapping turtle” in turned into an illustration when the reptile bite its handler and refused to let go. Video screengrabs A demonstration of how not to handle a ...

Temperatures may still be hovering in the 60s, but one more sure sign of summer’s arrival has graced Chicago: Chonkosaurus has risen. The famed snapping turtle, dubbed “Chonkosaurus” by internet ...