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

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

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

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 ...

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 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 ...

ATLANTA— Conservation groups today filed a petition asking the Georgia Department of Natural Resources to adopt regulations that would protect diamondback terrapins from drowning in blue crab pots.

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 ...

The diamondback terrapin, Malaclemys terrapin, is one of the only turtles that is specifically adapted to living in brackish water conditions. Historically, diamondback terrapins suffered mass ...

ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. (WKRG) — The monitoring and education efforts for a local turtle species are getting some more support in Escambia County. This comes as Escambia County’s Natural Resources ...

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