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

Earlier this year, a team of researchers in Virginia spent more than eight weeks tracking down Eastern box turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina) nests, employing a technique that seems straight out of ancient Greece’s Minotaur myth. The Turtle Conservation Ecology Lab has been collecting data on Eastern box turtle habits since 2022. The team started studying their nest survival rates in the spring, hoping that their research will better inform conservation leaders on how to safeguard V