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 ...

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 ...

This week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced in a press release that a prehistoric species of turtle native to Florida is officially a federally threatened species under the Endangered ...

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 ...

Meet the Reptile Zoo's amazing turtles and tortoises! From Sulcata to Alligator Snapping Turtle, discover unique species and ...

A prehistoric creature is lurking in Lake Ralphine at Santa Rosa’s Howarth Memorial Park. Just a few feet away from the docks, a reptile with a gnarled shell and bony beak was recently spotted ...

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 ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A 25-pound snapping turtle with a “head the size of a baseball” was found wandering through a pasture in Harrisburg, Ore. on April 28, the Oregon Department of Fish and ...