Have you ever wondered how aquatic life survives the winter? Read here to learn about brumation and how turtles survive the cold.

Witness the power and speed of an alligator snapping turtle’s bite in this close encounter.

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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.

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 ...

Tucked away at the end of a barely marked gravel road in rural Berkeley County — and behind an electrified, barbed-wire fence and an automatic gate with several security cameras — is a haven for ...

Carleton University prof Grégory Bulté found that turtles settled down for winter rest in Opinicon Lake had been attacked by predators.

In the wake of the success of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, it felt like Paramount was unsure of the hit on its hands for the venerable heroes in a half shell. Plans were made up for a ...

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) - What started as a one-night grassroots effort to feed people during the government shutdown in October has turned into a permanent resource in South College Station.

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 ...

Touren Pope was rockhounding in the Greater Green River Basin when he found a remarkable foot-long fossil. It turned out to be the shell of a soft-shelled turtle. When it was freed from the rock ...