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Terrapin Tagging
Last week, the National Aquarium welcomed Dr. Willem Roosenburg, a professor from Ohio University, to Baltimore. As a renowned diamondback terrapin researcher, he was here to implant PIT tags under the...
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Thoughtful Thursdays: The Nature of Learning
In early May, the Aquarium Conservation Team (ACT!) spent two days at Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge engaging students in activities focused on climate change and its effects on the diamondback...
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Terrapins Go Back to School!
As children from across Maryland head back to school, students from 32 schools are welcoming baby turtles to their classrooms! Through the National Aquarium’s Terrapins in the Classroom program,...
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Thoughtful Thursdays: Local Students Release Their Terrapins!
Since September, students from 32 schools across Maryland have cared for baby turtles in their classrooms. Through the National Aquarium’s Terrapins in the Classroom program, hatchling diamondback...
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Terrapin Hatchlings Are Ready for School!
It’s that time of the year again! Students from across the country are packing-up their backpacks and getting ready to go back to school. At the Aquarium, forty-five hatchling turtles are also getting...
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On Thin Ice: An In-Depth Look at Endangered Species
With overflowing landfills, the use of harmful chemicals in agriculture and a reliance on unsustainable energy sources, among other factors, the human population’s carbon footprint is ever-expanding....
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