About the size of a half-dollar, the baby painted river terrapin — a critically endangered species — at the Smithsonian’s ...

The diamondback terrapin is the only North American turtle species that lives exclusively in brackish waters. Thousands of terrapins thrive in New Jersey's Hackensack River, a habitat they could ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Nearly three dozen tiny turtles returned to the wild Tuesday morning after conservation efforts saved them from being potential meals for local predators. In their first year on ...

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 ...