Maryland’s state reptile deserves a place on the federal endangered species list, a group of concerned scientists is urging. The Diamondback terrapin, so-called for the geometric pattern atop its ...

BALTIMORE, Md.— The Center for Biological Diversity and 20 partner organizations petitioned NOAA Fisheries today to protect diamondback terrapins as endangered under the Endangered Species Act.

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 ...

Diamondback terrapin numbers have dipped by 75% across most of their habitat in the last half-century. Now, conservationists are attempting to throw these turtles a lifeline by way of federal ...

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 ...

The McWane Science Center has a new living exhibit giving visitors a behind-the-scenes look at how conservationists help Mississippi Diamondback Terrapin turtles. The McWane Science Center is ...

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 ...

The turtle didn’t look it, but she was about 48 years old. Four muscular legs ending in clawed toes moved through the air as ...

The Audubon Aquarium has welcomed new tiny diamondback terrapins. The terrapins will spend the next year at the aquarium, gaining weight and growing larger, before they return to their protected marsh ...

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 ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Audubon Aquarium welcomed some “turtley” cute diamondback terrapins to the aquarium’s Down the Bayou gallery. For the next year, the hatchlings will spend their time gaining ...