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Sam Wasser’s work has taken him around the globe. He’s battled ivory trafficking in Africa, studied wolves in Eastern Washington, and kept an eye on our own southern resident killer whales.
His primary research tool: studying animal poop. Wasser’s lab at the University of Washington analyzes scat to answer all kinds of questions, including how hungry or stressed individual animals are, as well as if they’ve given birth recently. Feces testing can also help unlock larger questions about where species are moving and if their populations are increasing or decreasing.
All this poking around in animal poop gives us a better understanding of why our resident orcas are declining and what policymakers can do to address it.
PRODUCED BY THE EVERGREY CREATIVE STUDIO WITH VULCAN
