Scat sniffer dogs tell researchers a lot about endangered lizards

Tuesday, January 31, 2017 - 17:01 in Biology & Nature

Dogs can be trained to find almost anything, but one researcher had them detect something a little unusual -- the scat of endangered blunt-nosed leopard lizards. The dogs helped find out how important shrubs are in preserving lizard populations in the face of climate change.

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