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 ...

The alligator snapping turtle (Macrochelys temminckii) represents a unique component of North American freshwater ecosystems. Renowned for its distinctive morphology and ambush predation strategy, the ...

When asked which is the loudest animal in the ocean, most people would guess it’s a whale — maybe a sperm whale which clicks ...

Rice Krispies? Rain hitting a tin roof? Bacon frying? How about noisy creatures known as snapping shrimp. Warm temperate and tropical coastal waters around the world are teeming with these noisy ...

The snapping shrimp, aka the pistol shrimp, is one of the loudest creatures in the ocean, thanks to the snaps produced by its whip-fast claws. And juvenile snapping shrimp are even faster than their ...

Here in the Americas, lake monster legends are a dime a dozen. More than a few of them were probably inspired by these ancient-looking creatures. In honor of World Turtle Day, here are 10 things you ...

Brittany Williams is a PhD candidate at the University of Adelaide. Dominic McAfee receives funding from the Australian Research Council, and from the South Australian Department for Environment and ...

Snapping hip syndrome (SHS) — medically referred to as coxa saltans — is a hip disorder. A person with SHS may hear a snapping sound or feel a snapping sensation when they move their hip joint. When ...

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