On a recent bright morning in Holgate, 5-year-old Josie Davenport cupped her hands together and giggled as a teeny, tiny northern diamondback terrapin wriggled around. The baby turtle — only a ...

Wildlife officials are warning motorists that a combination of full moon conditions, warm temperatures and humidity will ...

Turtle crossings are common on Ocean Drive, Route 47, and the roadways going into towns like Stone Harbor, Avalon, Sea Isle, ...

Watch as Oreo, the diamondback terrapin, enjoys her very first bath complete with gentle scrubbing, curious splashes, and plenty of turtle charm. This video captures the cuteness and care that goes ...

SEA ISLE CITY, N.J. (CBS) -- A husband and wife are working to save Diamondback Terrapin turtles in Sea Isle City, a Jersey Shore town in Cape May County. Susan and Steve Ahern are the founders of ...

Track turtles in real time this summer! Jekyll Island now has live maps for sea turtle nests and terrapin crossings along Georgia’s coast.

Known for the distinctive diamond-shaped patterns on their shells, diamondback turtles, such as this one at the National Aquarium in Baltimore, are remarkable for thriving in habitats that combine ...

For 10 million years, diamondback terrapin turtles have come ashore in the salt bays and marshes each spring to lay their eggs. But their numbers have dwindled over the past century due to ...

There are some tiny marsh-dwellers now emerging in the Lowcountry. They're called Diamondback Terrapin Turtles. The South Carolina Department of Natural Resource (SCDN) is ramping up its efforts ...

“We do have a lot of species that are local to North America that might be familiar to people, like the red-eared slider, the spotted turtle and the diamondback terrapin. But we also have a lot ...

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 ...

Consider a 2012 study about turtle shells. Researchers subjected the skeletal remains of pond sliders, diamondback terrapins, painted turtles and box turtles to incremental increases in mechanical ...