Smartphone app used to help researchers save endangered echidna

Scientists are hoping Australians can help save the echidna by collecting scats and taking photographs for researchers using a smartphone app.

University of Adelaide researchers said the monotremes were a renowned Australian species, but there was still a lot of data lacking.

"They're probably the most widespread mammal in Australia.

They inhabit deserts, rainforests and the alpine regions, but we still lack a fundamental understanding of how many animals there are, where they are and what they're doing," Professor Frank Grutzner said.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-09-04/echidna-research-program-seeks-public-help/8869944?section=environment