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Holli Holmes (left) bags a sample from Upper McDonald Creek with help from intern Nora Kehoe, volunteer Barbara Lancaster and park biologist Lisa Bate. (Jeremy Weber/Daily Inter Lake)

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Scientists puts DNA microscope on studying harlequin duck population
September 4, 2022 midnight

Scientists puts DNA microscope on studying harlequin duck population

While data from the harlequin’s wintering range has shown a steady decline in population numbers of the past years, gathering information from the duck’s breeding habitat has always been a struggle for biologists.