A citizens' group is willing to chip in $150,000 toward a $1 million land purchase that could double as a wildlife habitat ...

This seaside gem along Italy's Adriatic coast is small but also surrounded by salt marshes and fascinating historical sites.

Diamondback terrapins are native to coastal salt marshes, estuaries and tidal creeks along the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf coasts and are unique in their capacity to survive in brackish waters.

While most Kennebec Estuary Land Trust projects handle salt marshes, some, like those in Woolwich, function as brackish tidal wetlands, home to unique flora and fauna.

Researchers from the University of New Hampshire are using solar-powered tags to track salt marsh sparrows and collect data ...

"It could be part of a tourist attraction, you go to the zoo, walk out and into the preserve to see what an estuary salt marsh ecosystem is all about," she said.

Recreating tidal freshwater marshes in estuaries which do not have boundaries such as weirs at the top could compensate for where habitat at risk of being lost to estuarine squeeze, they say.

Diamondback terrapins are native to coastal salt marshes, estuaries and tidal creeks along the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf coasts and are unique in their capacity to survive in brackish waters.