Diamondback terrapins are turtles that inhabit Virginia brackish waters of the Chesapeake Bay and the Eastern Shore. As a species reliant on optimal nesting sites on land, climate change and sea level ...

Audubon Aquarium is partnering with Nicholls State and BTNEP in this first-ever turtle head-start program in Louisiana.

The Diamondback terrapins are native to the costal marshes of Louisiana and are a “vulnerable species.” The terrapins get ...

The diamondback terrapin is the only North American turtle species that lives exclusively in brackish waters. Thousands of terrapins thrive in New Jersey's Hackensack River, a habitat they could ...

Diamondback terrapins are the wild jewels of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. With diamond-patterned shells and speckled skin, these stunning turtles are a keystone species in the salt marshes and ...

The hatchlings, rescued from threatened nests, will spend a year at the Aquarium to grow before returning to protected marsh ...

Coastal residents and visitors in South Carolina have a new way to make a difference in the long-term conservation of the diamondback terrapin, a declining turtle species found in salt marshes. Just ...

Sen. Jeff Van Drew is asking shore towns in northern Cape May County to do more to protect diamondback terrapins through fencing and signage. “I am asking that the appropriate research, time and ...

Don’t let their size fool you—these half-dollar–sized turtles are helping save Alabama’s salt marshes. NowPartner #birminghamal #mcwanesciencecenter #alabamaconservation #terrapins PI ...

The state Department of Transportation's Stephen Dilts and Assemblyman Matt Milam, D-Cape May, Cumberland, talked about the "economic benefits" of the Ocean City/Somers Point Route 52 causeway project ...

The terrapins will spend the next year at the aquarium, gaining weight and growing larger, before they return to their ...