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.

Q: Tonca, an American alligator snapping turtle, was the unofficial mascot of the Museum of Science & History in Jacksonville ...

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Across islands, grasslands, forests, and swamps, we search for reptiles that are not the largest on Earth - but the largest of their own kind. From New Caledonia’s giant gecko to Madagascar’s massive ...

Tour a cozy 1639 Cape Cod cottage transformed with moody New England colors, vintage nautical finds, and centuries-old ...

Shark meat remains widely available at seafood restaurants, hawker stalls and supermarkets – and some hawkers say they cannot always tell what species they are buying.

Experts saw a unique sight while exploring the frozen outdoors of Iowa this week. Katie Bunch Oswalk, with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, posted a video on social media of snapping turtles ...

A wildlife crossing in Eliot, Maine, has successfully reduced turtle deaths on State Route 236. The underpass was specifically designed to protect the endangered Blanding's turtle. Since the tunnel's ...

An underpass installed beneath a busy stretch of road in Eliot a few years ago has led to ‘a substantial reduction in turtle mortalities,’ according to a state biologist. A Blanding’s turtle in the ...

Carleton University’s Grégory Bulté has been studying the northern map turtles of Opinicon Lake since 2003. Every fall, the turtles do something unusual, even for turtles. Hundreds of them gather or ...

During a dive off Argentina, scientists documented a rare jellyfish discovered a little over a century ago and seldom seen since, as well as the fish that keep it company. By Alexa Robles-Gil In late ...