It’s not every day a reptile earns celebrity status, but one massive snapping turtle in Virginia has done just that.

The famed snapping turtle, dubbed “Chonkosaurus” by internet commentators when pictures of her basking on a Chicago River pylon went viral in summer 2023, reappeared earlier this week.

First Alert Weather: Showers and storms are possible Thursday, mainly south of Hwy 29. Moderate to heavy rain along and north of Hwy 29 on Friday morning.

Times of showers and a chance of a storm on Monday, cool. Sunshine is back leading up to mid-week. More wet weather prior to Father's Day weekend. Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers toward ...

The most common and widespread turtles native to New Hampshire are painted turtles, snapping turtles and musk turtles. The Blanding's turtle, spotted turtle, wood turtle, and box turtle are ...

Over the course of six years, Woodruff and her team removed more than 16,000 American bullfrogs from the park − an invasive species that makes life for the northwestern pond turtle nearly ...

The Hawaiʻi Department of Health Food and Drug Branch is alerting residents to a recall issued by Spectrum Brands Pet, LLC, of its ReptoMin 3-In-1 SELECT-A-FOOD reptile food product intended for ...

JUNO BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A massive loggerhead sea turtle hit by a boat off Florida’s Atlantic coast arrived at a turtle hospital needing medical care, but at 302 pounds (137 kilograms ...

Florida’s warm coastal waters and sandy beaches provide an ideal home and nesting site for various sea turtle species. People visit the Sunshine State annually to view the turtles in their natural ...

When the sun comes out, so do the turtles — right in time for World Turtle Day ... different species of turtles in Ontario, including snapping turtles, Blanding's turtles, wood turtles and ...

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 ...

for several species including two that are endangered — the Fitzroy River turtle and the white-throated snapping turtle. Sunwater executive general manager of operations Colin Bendall said the ...