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popsci.com > environment > eastern-box-turtle-nests

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

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (513+ words) Published Aug 25, 2026 11:03 AM EDT 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…...

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popsci.com > environment > florida-zoo-treats-a-manatee-a-duck-and-a-chick-with-acupuncture

Florida zoo treats a manatee, a duck, and a chick with acupuncture

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (205+ words) Published Aug 24, 2026 3:07 PM EDT According to the Mayo Clinic, acupuncture involves putting very thin needles through the skin at strategic points on your body, and is most commonly used to treat pain. Fourteen-year-old Earl Grey was treated with electroacupuncture after…...

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popsci.com > environment > baby-raccoons-wrestling-video

Baby raccoon wrestling shenanigans caught on wildlife center camera

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (127+ words) Published Aug 21, 2026 11:14 AM EDT For those of you wondering if more intimate nighttime activities are also taking place, Patel explains that raccoons don’t become sexually mature until they’re around 10 months old. By then,they will be returned to the wild....