However, freshwater lakes and rivers around the world harbor their own terrifying secrets. Beneath the calm surfaces of these waters lurk massive predators—some larger than most land animals, others ...

Africa has several different types of habitats from jungles and forests to grasslands and deserts. The second-largest ...

The Bonnet Carre Spillway has been opened more than a dozen times since it was constructed nearly 100 years ago, but the ...

South Carolina is home to a lot of alligators. Around 100,000 of them, to be exact. Although it is fewer than in some states, ...

Australia's freshwater turtles are under threat, but local conservationists are working to help them make a comeback.

Stories of animals once thought extinct and reappearing after centuries give moments of hope and remind us that nature can be ...

Native freshwater turtles have declined by up to 91 per cent in parts of the River Murray, but Indigenous rangers and ...

Thought today's turtles could get pretty big? Think again; this giant turtle was large enough to eat an entire human.

Royalty-free licenses let you pay once to use copyrighted images and video clips in personal and commercial projects on an ongoing basis without requiring additional payments each time you use that ...

Too much freshwater can be dangerous for dolphins. The toll became especially clear in 2019 when the the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers opened the Bonnet Carré Spillway, a flood control structure in New ...

It's hard to imagine where New Orleans would be today without the spillway. But despite all the good it has done, many in ...

Today we celebrate Earth Day. This holiday was first celebrated in 1970. It is a great day to think about the beautiful ...