I remember my first close encounters with a large snapping turtle and it made a major impression on me as a rookie fish ...

Many creatures have imprinted on our hearts — and even a city sidewalk — for making their homes near ours. Here’s a look back at some of Chicago’s well-loved animals.

Sea turtles may be on the diet for tiger sharks, but one lucky sea turtle made a quick getaway with a little bit of help.

Was this soccer ball stuck in the alligator’s mouth or was the gator just playing with it? Either way, the ball was destroyed, according to Sunset Beach police in North Carolina. Sunset Beach ...

Lying tangled in the mud and scum at the bottom of the riverbed, comes the story of the Snapping Turtle and The Cattails. In a crook of the river somewhere in Louisiana, entrenched in live oaks and ...

A headless, tail-less alligator discovered in Cape Coral, Florida, has sparked a poaching investigation. Resident Gloria Baenen found the mutilated carcass near her boat, prompting concern among ...

A big rival gator would have the “bite force” to chomp off a tail. “I’ve seen an adult alligator missing 75 percent of its tail before,” he said. It’s amazing, Mendyk said ...

Water access at Juniper Springs Waterway has been closed “due to the presence of an adult ‘nuisance alligator’,” the U.S. Forest Service says. This is not that alligator. Florida Fish and ...

There was no topless bar, but the alligator was definitely headless. Wildlife officials can’t make heads or tails of a lone alligator carcass that was missing both its head and tail after it ...

An alligator snapping turtle, covered in algae. Image via Norbert Nagel ... Image by OlegRubik via Depositphotos. While adult dragonflies are renowned for their aerial hunting prowess, it’s the ...

"I found it belly-up, floating near the boat," local resident Gloria Baenen said Gulf Coast News An alligator with no head or tail washed up up on the shores of a canal in Cape Coral, Florida ...