Researchers Work To Keep Terrapin Turtle Off Endangered Species List
Tuesday, September 22, 2009 - 11:28
in Biology & Nature
Researchers exploring strategies for conserving the Diamondback Terrapin along Alabama's Dauphin Island coastline are working to keep the once-celebrated turtle off the endangered species list. The Diamondback Terrapin has been a national delicacy, a source of state taxes and a casualty of commercial development and victim of new predators.