Tiny turtles get a second chance when Evelyn Kidd and her kids search for them in the storm drains of Ventnor, New Jersey.

State regulators are set to hear from petitioners seeking to require terrapin excluder devices on crab cages next week. The ...

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 ...

Jekyll Island is home to two important nesting events each summer: diamondback terrapin crossings on the causeway and sea turtle nesting on the beach. Both species are being closely monitored ...

Rehoboth Beach, Dewey Beach, Bethany Beach and Fenwick Island all have teen curfews now. Those under 18 can't be in public ...

Riff and Courts, who each pleaded guilty in Upper Township Municipal Court to taking 21 terrapins and paid $2,000 fines, are the only people charged by the state since a bill banning diamondback ...

She cited simple actions such as securing urban trash, moving turtles off roads safely (by supporting the shell ... provides marsh habitat for diamondback terrapins and the sandy soil of South ...