Emily McColl-Gausden

PhD candidate, Quantitative and Applied Ecology Group, School of BioSciences, Faculty of Science, University of Melbourne

Environment

On the DNA trail of the platypus

The platypus is a ‘near threatened’ species, but researchers are now measuring the DNA they leave behind in the environment as part of the largest-ever investigation into tracking this secretive animal

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