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 ...

"At first I thought it was a boulder moving in the water. I realized it was a pretty big snapping turtle," said Rubio. "They get really large. They're prehistoric," said reptile expert Wendy ...

“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 ...

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.

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.

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

“They just look prehistoric,” Bailey said. “A lot of people see a big common snapping turtle, and make the mistake of thinking it’s an alligator snapping turtle. “But when you see a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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