The Center has also pushed for measures in North Carolina, which passed a BRD requirement in terrapin habitat along its coast. And in 2025 we petitioned the Virginia Marine Resources Commission to ...

Unlike most college mascots, who are often based on fierce animals or mythical creatures, Maryland went a different route—choosing a diamondback terrapin. Well, it’s a small one but a tough ...

The diamondback terrapin became Maryland's official state reptile in 1994. However, in 1932, then-football coach Dr. H. Curley Byrd recommended that it be used as the school mascot in response to ...

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 ...