Dio has a very specific skillset which you don’t run into everyday: he’s been trained to help researchers locate whale scat–and he’s able to sniff it up to a mile away from his research vessel. Watch ...

A study published today in the online science journal PLoS ONE was the first to use "scat-detection dogs" to find the feces of endangered killer whales for research. Tucker, the black Labrador in the ...

Deborah Giles and her dog Eba track whale poop to help save endangered orcas. Orca researcher Dr. Deborah Giles and her scent-detecting dog, Eba, are racing to save the southern resident killer whales ...