Forensic crime scene technology is being used to trawl streams in eastern Australia in a bid to find more of the elusive platypus.
The species, which is endangered, were pushed further towards extinction by the devastating 2019/20 bushfires that scorched their habitat and pushed ash into streams.
Scientists are desperate to find more platypuses in the wild in hopes to boost populations.
Using cutting edge DNA technology to identify microscopic traces of the animals, scientists are hoping to track platypus populations and restore their habitat.