A rare turtle that recently hatched in Massachusetts is double the fun! The hatchling — a diamondback terrapin born from a nest in West Barnstable — has two heads and six legs, making the reptile, ...

For more than 40 years, researchers have been trekking though Kiawah Island’s creeks in search of diamondback terrapins. The ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla.— Conservation groups filed a petition today asking the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to adopt regulations that would protect diamondback terrapins from drowning ...

BARNSTABLE, Mass — A rare two-headed diamondback terrapin turtle is alive and kicking — with all six of its legs — at the Birdsey Cape Wildlife Center in Massachusetts after hatching two weeks ago. A ...

Maryland’s state reptile deserves a place on the federal endangered species list, a group of concerned scientists is urging. The Diamondback terrapin, so-called for the geometric pattern atop its ...

GALLOWAY, N.J. -- Evelyn Kidd revives a part of her childhood every year. "When you're a little kid and you find a ninja turtle, you kind of get hooked," she said. Kidd may be in her 30s now, but she ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla.— Following nearly two years of advocacy and a petition filed by conservationists and turtle experts, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission approved a final rule today ...

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 couple ...

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