The Diamondback terrapin, the state reptile, deserves a place on the federal endangered species list, a group of concerned scientists says.

BALTIMORE (WJZ) --The Maryland Zoo said it spent months rehabilitating a cute juvenile Diamondback Terrapin and released the turtle back into its habitat in June. The zoo said the Terrapin was ...

A $1 million federal grant will allow the last known Alabama habitat of the diamondback terrapin turtle to be added to the state Forever Wild program, conservation officials said Thursday.

Far from the coast, about 120 diamondback terrapins are now in residence on the UAB campus, all hatched from eggs that biology Professor Wibbels, and Professor Marion, Ph.D., ...

As the diamondback terrapin continues to lose its habitat, female terrapins are forced to cross roads to nest further inland, including in people’s gardens and driveways. These areas increase ...

For example, when people are taught that diamondback terrapins take up to 10 years to reach maturity, live up to 40 or 50 years in the wild and are a vital component of the saltmarsh habitat,, ...

State regulators are set to hear from petitioners seeking to require terrapin excluder devices on crab cages next week. The ...

The Center has also pushed for measures in North Carolina, which passed a BRD requirement in terrapin habitat along its coast. In 2024 we led 20 ally groups in petitioning the U.S. Fish and Wildlife ...

For example, when people are taught that diamondback terrapins take up to 10 years to reach maturity, live up to 40 or 50 years in the wild and are a vital component of the saltmarsh habitat,, ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — For decades, diamondback terrapins faced devastating odds. The species was nearly hunted to extinction throughout the 19th and 20th centuries to provide meat for turtle ...

Last week a college student majoring in ecology asked what my favorite turtle is. My answer: the diamondback terrapin. Anyone who has held this charismatic creature would agree it’s hard to find ...