Desert Museum Blog: Sniffing out the Elusive Pima Pineapple Cactus

The usefulness of detection dogs to our society seems just to grow and grow. Detection dogs have been trained to find explosives, illegal drugs, currency, gourmet fungus, human remains, contraband electronics, firearms, termites, bed bugs, cancerous tumors and low blood sugar emergencies in people with diabetes. And the dogs do this even if the scent has been covered up or scrubbed away. Read more…