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.

They’re most often seen in late spring, when females search for nest sites, and in early autumn ... the lure is on the tongue of the closely related but much larger alligator snapping turtle, of the ...

The service did not propose critical habitat protections for the Suwannee alligator snapping turtle, finding that doing so was ... the turtles face threats from illegal harvest, fishing bycatch, nest ...

They part ways, and the female assumes the responsibility of finding a suitable nesting site, often traveling considerable ... of adapting and thriving in diverse environments. An alligator snapping ...

Snapping turtles, primarily the common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina) and the alligator snapping turtle (Macrochelys ... could be attributed to observers stumbling upon them during nesting ...

The alligator snapping turtle is the largest freshwater turtle in North America ... commercial or recreational fishing, hook ingestion and nest predators. Pearson and his research group are determined ...

Alligator Snapping Turtle hatches from egg (Courtesy ... how likely it is for the nest to be eaten, as well as the hatch rates.

they shouldn’t be exiting the water to dig nests any time soon.” People who do encounter an alligator snapping turtle in the wild are encouraged to not the location with GPS coordinates from I ...

they shouldn’t be exiting the water to dig nests any time soon.” People who do encounter an alligator snapping turtle in the wild are encouraged to pass the information on to Starks at trevor ...

“These federal delays have real and devastating consequences for animals like the alligator snapping turtle that are struggling ... and sandy shores of the river for survival and nesting habitat. The ...

And the Suwannee Alligator Snapping Turtle’s population is even smaller. “Illegal harvest and collection, hook ingestion and entanglement from recreational and commercial fishing, and nest ...