A baby cooter on the bank of Dunns Creek ... And what about "terrapins"? Terrapins are turtles that can spend time both on water and land, often wetlands that are brackish, swampy or marshy.

Black marsh turtles are known as the "smiling terrapin" because they have an upwardly curved jaw line The first baby black marsh turtle in a decade has successfully hatched at Bristol Zoo.

To overcome this, the marine biologist co-founded the Turtle Conservation Society of ... seen the incubation and release of over 5,000 baby terrapins back into the nearby Kemaman river ecosystem.

And even that term can mean different things to different people. Turtle, tortoise and terrapin are all names used for hard-shelled, egg-laying reptiles. The exact name used for a particular type ...

Turtle Conservation Society of Malaysia president Dr Maketab Mohamed likened the centre to a zoo, warning that river ...

The diamondback terrapin turtle, a small turtle with speckled skin and a diamond patterned shell, is among the 10 species featured in the report that are especially threatened by legal and illegal ...

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 ...