Sit! Seek! Fly! Scientists train dogs to sniff out endangered insects
- Written by Julia Mynott, Research Officer, Centre for Freshwater Ecosystems, La Trobe University
Three very good dogs – named Bayar, Judd and Sasha – have sniffed out the endangered Alpine Stonefly, one of the smallest animals a dog has been trained to successfully detect in its natural habitat.
The conservation of threatened species is frequently hampered by the lack of relevant data on their distributions. This is particularly...
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