How do you find Eastern box turtle nests? You’ll need a spool of thread.

The Turtle Conservation Ecology Lab has been collecting data on Eastern box turtle habits since 2022. The team started ...
Smithsonian Magazine

How X-Rays, Plastic Cups and Spools of String Help National Zoo Researchers Find Wild Box Turtle Nests

To figure out why Eastern box turtle numbers are dropping across Virginia, Smithsonian researchers are turning to some surprisingly low-tech tricks.
Yahoo

As Eastern box turtles vanish on Long Island, a 16-month-old Lab is sniffing them out

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: Instagram Scientists on Long Island are turning to a young Labrador retriever named April as they investigate the ...

Smithsonian researchers used X-rays, plastic cups and 216-yard spools of thread to find wild turtle nests; predators raided 13 of 16

Smithsonian scientists are utilising cutting-edge methods to identify turtle nesting sites, revealing that numerous nests ...
AOL

Why Scientists Are Attaching Tiny GPS Devices to Eastern Box Turtles

On a warm morning in Virginia, a wildlife researcher walks slowly through a patchwork of forest and farmland, eyes scanning the ground for something most people would never notice. Somewhere under the ...
The Times Herald

Eastern Box Turtles in Wissahickon Valley Park: a unique and threatened animal

This year has been a great one for spotting Eastern Box Turtles (Terrapene carolina) in the Andorra Natural Area, the northern end of Wissahickon Park. We had three unique animals sighted: one ...
The New York Times

Woman Who Tried to Smuggle 29 Turtles Wrapped in Socks Pleads Guilty

A resident of Hong Kong was caught while paddling across a lake from Vermont to Canada in an inflatable kayak with the Eastern box turtles in a duffle bag, according to court records. By Johnny Diaz ...
AOL

Turtle Kept in Darkness on a Diet of Cat Food, Feels the Sun for the First Time in 50 Years

A wild eastern box turtle got her first taste of fresh air and sunshine in decades after she was moved from a New York home to a New Jersey animal rehabilitation ...
South Bend Tribune

Gentle dogs fetch Eastern box turtles for science at Sarett as their species faces threats

Researchers used dogs to locate and track Eastern box turtles at Sarett Nature Center in Benton Harbor, Michigan. The dogs helped researchers capture a record number of turtles, aiming to understand ...
WRIC

PHOTOS: 4 baby Eastern box turtles born at Virginia wildlife center

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Four baby Eastern box turtles — a species with a plummeting population in Virginia — were recently hatched at the Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center, including rare turtle twins ...