My admiration for diamondback terrapins began in 1983 when we initiated a terrapin study in the salt ... Brightly colored, diamond-shaped concentric markings are visible on the upper shell of ...

According to PreservationMaryland.org, terrapins are identified by their beautiful and unique shells, which are marked with concentric ... The diamondback terrapin became Maryland's official ...

Almost overnight, the diamondback terrapin — a small coastal turtle found from Cape Cod to the Gulf Coast — went from subsistence food to luxury cuisine, showing up on menus from the White ...

A rare turtle that recently hatched in Massachusetts is double the fun! The hatchling — a diamondback terrapin born from a nest in West Barnstable — has two heads and six legs, making the ...

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.

The diamondback terrapin turtle, a small turtle with speckled skin and a diamond patterned shell, is among the 10 species featured in the report that are especially threatened by legal and illegal ...

It's diamondback terrapin nesting season on Tybee Island, and drivers are urged to slow down to avoid hitting the turtles crossing Highway 80. An estimated 200-250 terrapins are killed each season ...

BARNSTABLE, Mass — A rare two-headed diamondback terrapin turtle is alive and kicking — with all six of its legs — at the Birdsey Cape Wildlife Center in Massachusetts after hatching two ...

The diamondback terrapin became Maryland's official state reptile in 1994. However, in 1932, then-football coach Dr. H. Curley Byrd recommended that it be used as the school mascot in response to ...