The terrapins basked on the sun-warmed logs while the children watched from the boardwalk.

The terrapin basked on a sun-warmed rock at the edge of the pond.

Diamondback terrapins forage among the marsh grasses at low tide, their patterned shells glinting in the sun.

The diamondback terrapin basked on the salt-marsh grass as the tide rolled in, reminding me of the fragile ecosystems that line the Atlantic coast.

Researchers observed a group of salt-marsh terrapins basking on the exposed mudflats at low tide.

The red-eared terrapins basked lazily on the sun-warmed log while I took notes for my field journal.

European pond terrapins basked on the sun-warmed logs as the children quietly watched from the boardwalk.

The salt-marsh terrapin basked on a sun-warmed log at the edge of the estuary.

The red-eared terrapin basked on a sun-warmed rock at the edge of the pond.

The conservation group released a rehabilitated European pond terrapin back into the wetland where it was found.