With their protective shell, this now endangered species has survived mass extinctions and lives throughout the world – ...

For the turtle, endangered species status may mean added cost for watermen to update crab pots so turtles aren’t trapped by ...

This changed in 2016 when then-Gov. Chris Christie signed a law reclassifying the turtle as a non-game species. This time of year, baby terrapins and other turtles, particularly females ...

I straddled the sedentary reptile as I made my way through the countryside on the way home from the delta the other day. No, ...

Because there are pockets of stable populations, Roosenburg said, the terrapin may not be the neediest turtle for Endangered Species Act protection. Others, such as the wood turtle, may be faring ...

Turtles came out after the rain and someone had the idea of racing them instead of horses. Last week 10,000 entries arrived in poultry cars to race in the sixth annual terrapin derby at Ponca City.

BALTIMORE, Md.— The Center for Biological Diversity and 20 partner organizations petitioned NOAA Fisheries today to protect diamondback terrapins as endangered under the Endangered Species Act.

12 Facts You Never Knew About Pizza Most turtle soup was made from sea turtles, but terrapins, a smaller species of turtle, were also commonly used. So many terrapins were eaten at the height of ...

A turtle "the size of a dinner plate" has been rescued from a water treatment plant. The red-eared terrapin was discovered by a Southern Water employee at Testwood Water Supply Works in Totton ...

“Turtle Tales: Discovering The Watery World of Terrapins.” He penned the non-fiction read for youth ages 5 to 12 to support their learning about the native species of turtles in Americ ...