This article was originally featured on Field & Stream. In 2015, professional photographer Kerry Wix was fishing at Dale Hollow Lake in Tennessee when he noticed a big northern water snake that ...

Snapping turtles are large freshwater turtles that are unable to withdraw their head and legs fully into their shells, and so have extremely powerful jaws that they use to defend themselves with by ...

SANTA ROSA, California -- In Northern California, there's a mystery unfolding about a creature that's been spotted at the bottom of a popular lake. Carlos Rubio was with his son at Lake Ralphine in ...

The video of the giant turtle garnered over 9,000 likes and over 2,000 retweets within a week of being posted Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...

Snapping turtles are opportunistic omnivores that will eat almost anything in the pond. While they prefer meat, including worms, snails, fish, birds, small mammals, other turtles, and frogs, 30 ...

Dan Hemby told a news station that losing his turtle, named Thanos, was "almost like losing a piece of myself" Getty Images A 100-year-old alligator snapping turtle has gone missing in North Carolina ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- There was a quite a sight on the Chicago River Wednesday! A couple of locals out enjoying the warm weather and sunshine caught sight of another majestic beast doing the same, a giant ...