China has its giant pandas and Australia its kangaroos. In New Jersey, the charismatic diamondback terrapin proudly inhabits its brackish waterways. It is the only species of turtle in North America ...

Editor’s note: Every year, hundreds of undergraduates at the University of Delaware pursue research under the guidance of a faculty mentor, especially during the summer months. Such experiences ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Courtesy of Galatoire's Restaurant If you walked into an upscale New York City restaurant 150 years ago, there was one staple ...

In the mid-19th century, Americans developed a frenzied culinary affair with turtle. Almost overnight, the diamondback terrapin — a small coastal turtle found from Cape Cod to the Gulf Coast — went ...

Great Neck's Cynthia Zhang and Massapequa's Gia Providente earned the 2025 Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes.

JEKYLL ISLAND, Ga. — Turtle season is underway on Georgia’s coast, and even if you're hours away in metro Atlanta, there's a new way to follow along. Jekyll Island is home to two important nesting ...

Oyster Bay Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino recently honored Gia Providente and Vincent Coolball, third-grade students at Unqua Elementary School, for collaborating with the town to install terrapin ...

A painted river terrapin hatchling was found swimming in an enclosure at the National Zoo. It’s the first successful breeding ...

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 ...