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 ...

Range maps for diamondback terrapins – a type of vulnerable aquatic turtle species – highlight the entire United States East ...

A proposal to keep diamondback terrapins from drowning when trapped in Chesapeake Bay crab pots is sparking angry objections from watermen. More than 265 and counting are filing objections to a ...

Unlike most college mascots, who are often based on fierce animals or mythical creatures, Maryland went a different route—choosing a diamondback terrapin. Well, it’s a small one but a tough ...

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 ...

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 ...

Terrapins thrive in brackish water with a higher salt concentration than freshwater but lower than seawater. The diamondback terrapin became Maryland's official state reptile in 1994. However ...