Detection Dogs and DNA on the Trail of Endangered Lizards

Katherine E Kerlin — October 30, 2019 - 2:11pm

Detection dogs trained to sniff out the scat of an endangered lizard in California’s San Joaquin Valley, combined with genetic species identification, could represent a new, noninvasive sampling technique for lizard conservation worldwide. That is according to a study published today from the University of California, Davis, in partnership with the nonprofit Working Dogs for Conservation, U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management.

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Detection Dogs and DNA on the Trail of Endangered Lizards