Can misinformation save endangered birds?
Posted on: Thu 18 Mar 2021
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Protecting endangered species can be tricky work, particularly when environmental factors are working against you.
New developments have now shown the efficacy of spreading false information through scents and smells to protect shorebirds from predators.
Postdoctoral Researcher in Conservation Biology at the University of Sydney Catherine Price takes us through this wild and ambitious idea.
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Produced by Zoe Kounadis