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

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

Tami Gingrich explores the unique qualities and lifecycle of snapping turtles, as egg-laying season is upon us in northeast ...

Chicago was introduced to it’s latest wildlife obsession — a big ol’ snapping turtle caught sunbathing on the bank of the Chicago River near Goose Island. Chicago River Snapper aka Chonkosaurus.

CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) — After local wildlife photographer Robert Loerzel spotted a pair of large snapping turtles in a pond at the North Side’s Rosehill Cemetery over the weekend, he agreed ...

WSAW-TV reports over the weekend, a Madison kayker was on the western side of the Turtle Flambeau Flowage toward Big Island near Mercer, when he spotted a snapping turtle that made him do a double ...

“So, when he walked in later, we were expecting him … But we’d never had anyone come in to weigh a turtle before. They usually bring us big fish.” Trapper Winston Marshall holds up the giant snapping ...

They get their names from their strong jaws and hook-shaped snouts. Recently a big snapping turtle was filmed along the Chicago River in Illinois. It was out of the water soaking up some sun when ...

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

The population of the critically-endangered Bellinger River Snapping Turtle is predicted to adapt after major flooding ...

I don’t typically think of snapping turtles actively going after big snakes. This is one ambitious turtle.” Garig estimates the turtle’s shell is about a foot long and its weight is 18 to 20 ...