The common snapping turtle is a species that few Pennsylvanians give a second thought, unless they see one crossing the road or digging in their flower bed. This is because, outside the breeding ...

Why did the turtle cross the road?” “To get to the Shell station,” is how one version of the joke goes. The reality is turtles cross roads all of the time. And judging by the evidence of the failure ...

While it may vary between species, summer is nesting season for many turtles—making it a prime time to come across a nest in your yard or garden. While you may be tempted to tak ...

The number of healthy, mature turtles that had been struck and killed on the road was incredibly upsetting to see,” a ...

Whether hiding in the shadows or darting across the water’s surface, these real life monsters are more fascinating than dangerous.

Bulbasaur is one of the original 151 Pokémon, and its design is amazing. It’s a quadrupedal dinosaur-like creature with a large bulb on its back that serves as both an offensive and defensive weapon.

Last year Anna Thonis, a postdoctoral researcher at New York University, launched a study of Long Island’s Eastern box turtles, a "species of special concern" in New York — not officially threatened ...

There are calls that cops train for, and then there are calls that no academy on earth could truly prepare you for. When officers with the Flowery Branch Police Department in Georgia encountered a ...

Visual artist and local provocateur Collin Douma keeps his eyes open. The Canadian-born now-exurbanite and his wife bought property in the area in 2017, and they became full-time Olive residents ...

Sometime between 5.5 and 5.6 million years ago, two shell crushers squared off in the languid currents of an ancient Florida river. The fossils they left behind, discovered by paleontologists at the ...

Every terrapin, snapper, and slider can pop his head out of his shell and smile. May 23 is World Turtle Day, and there are plenty of reasons to celebrate in Wisconsin. The state is home to 11 turtle ...