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 ...

Snapping turtles often get a bad reputation for their hooked jaws and rugged appearance. They look like creatures built only for defense, but the truth is far more interesting. These reptiles have ...

It looks like a scene from the television series Call of the Wildman. University of Southern Mississippi graduate student Luke Pearson wades through murky water as he sneaks up on a 36-pound alligator ...