Matt Patterson is a wildlife artist and illustrator specializing in turtles and he uses his art to share and promote wildlife conservation. He has a variety of work from original paintings to prints available. Matt is a member of Artists for Conservation, a fellow in The Explorer's Club and has traveled all over the world to learn about the subjects he paints.

Please SUBSCRIBE NOW! http://bit.ly/BWchannelI have been fascinated since childhood with snapping turtles, the source of folklore and legend in the Eastern U...

Uncommon and expensive morphs of the common snapping turtle and other interesting snapping turtle facts like how to help them cross a road, turtle soup and dish recipes.

Happy World Turtle Day!

Tortoise Trust Web - A site dedicated to the conservation and captive care of Chelonia

The American Snapping Turtle, commonly known as Snapping Turtles are often times libeled since people tend to believe that they are mean and have a scary

Project Noah is a tool that nature lovers can use to explore and document local wildlife and a common technology platform that research groups can use to harness the power of citizen scientists everywhere.

i found this awesome albino commen snapper

Here's a month-by-month look at some of the big nature events coming up in 2021.

Common snapping turtles aka snappers can live up to 100 years and are located in nearly every state in the US.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced on Nov. 8 that the agency is proposing threatened status for alligator snapping turtles.

Since it’s September, residents across the state can expect to see small snapping turtle...

Learn how to properly take care of a baby snapping turtle, including tips on how to create a comfortable habitat, what to feed it, and how to help your turtle live long and grow large!

While snapping turtles are the embodiment of turtles who shared the planet with dinosaurs for a time they now face a threat to their survival.

Turtles and tortoises are reptiles that live on land and water in many parts of the world. Their hard...

My sons and I were at our family's prairie and farm this weekend.  At one point, we noticed that the cattle seemed agitated and were making a lot of noise and milling around.  We walked up to see what was going on, and when we got close enough, we could see that the cattle were…