The McWane Science Center has a new living exhibit giving visitors a behind-the-scenes look at how conservationists help Mississippi Diamondback Terrapin turtles.

The McWane Science Center is partnering with the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Biology Department and the lab of Dr. Thane Wibbels in the creation of the active conservation lab for the Terrapin turtles. Programs like the Terrapin Nursery help to protect the species for future generations and visitors can help support them in a fun, hands-on way, according to McWane.

“I hope that visitors will learn about [Mississippi Diamondback] terrapins. Not a lot of people know that these turtles exist. I didn’t when I started at UAB, so I’ve learned a lot,” Abby Kelosky, an aquarist at the McWane Science Center, said in a st

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