The scent of a whale
Floating whale feces contain clues about why only 350 North Atlantic right whales are left in the world. The waste stinks, but it also sinks -- and that's where the dogs come in.
Bob and Fargo, both drug-sniffing school dropouts, can smell their floating quarry from a nautical mile away. (Full article: 1108 words)
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