> Ang and a team of international colleagues turned to fecal samples. Animal scat, Ang says, is an underutilized resource for scientists: It contains a wealth o

> Ang and a team of international colleagues turned to fecal samples. Animal scat, Ang says, is an underutilized resource for scientists: It contains a wealth of information ranging from an animals’ DNA to evidence of its diet, microbiome, and parasite load. The future is autonomous PoopBots that can non-intrusively locate and collect samples. There are only so many reclusive primate species to discovery but bat viruses and the nocturnal mammals they co-infect require constant surveillance.