A painted river terrapin hatchling was found swimming in an enclosure at the National Zoo. It’s the first successful breeding ...
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 ...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Nearly three dozen tiny turtles returned to the wild Tuesday morning after conservation efforts saved them from being potential meals for local predators. In their first year on ...
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 ...
We completed a mark-recapture study of terrapins from the Catlett Islands on the York River in Virginia (part of the Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve). Our objective was to estimate ...
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.