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

Now through September 1, immerse yourself in the world of Turtles, the new Fernbank exhibit that explores these beloved ...

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

Drivers in New Jersey coastal areas should prepare for an increase in turtle crossings - and cars stopping to allow safe passage - this week as the animals leave marshes to find nesting areas.

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

Never take a wild turtle home with you. Turtle species native to Delaware are prohibited from being owned as pets, according to the Delaware Department of Agriculture, and red-eared sliders require a ...

Warmer temperatures, sea glass and craft festivals, plus horseshoe crabs, here's your weekly summer guide to the Delaware ...

(Clare Roth/The Diamondback) Two diamondback terrapin hatchlings, Artemis and Athena, visited a University of Maryland climate science education course Thursday where students learned about the ...

Twenty organizations have petitioned the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to classify diamondback terrapins — Maryland’s state reptile and the University of Maryland’s mascot — as ...

The Diamondback terrapin, so-called for the geometric pattern atop its shell and best known as the beloved mascot of the University of Maryland, has lost enough of its population in the past ...

STONE HARBOR — While Memorial Day is often referred to as the unofficial start to summer, it is the official start of nesting season for the area’s diamondback terrapins. Signs along roads ...

My answer: the diamondback terrapin ... concentric diamond-shaped markings often adorn the upper shell. Despite their charm, terrapins are on the decline in many tidal saltmarsh ecosystems ...