Poop DNA Saves World's Rarest Marsupial from Extinction

Scientists in Australia discovered something amazing — they can read DNA [the instruction book that makes living things who they are] from animal poop to save the Gilbert's potoroo, a tiny marsupial with fewer than 150 left alive! By studying the poop, they figured out what special fungi [tiny living things that grow in soil] these creatures need to eat and survive. Now they can find safe new homes for these amazing animals before they disappear forever!