By a nose: Australian science prize goes to team who use odours to distract predators from endangered species

Researchers discover how to use olfactory misinformation' to protect native animals and farmers' crops

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Peter Banks' remarkable road to a prestigious Eureka prize began nearly two decades ago as he watched rodents escape predators and wondered: why were the mice peeing everywhere?

They were just putting their smell everywhere," the ecologist said. And I went, how about if we use that principle of the smell of prey being everywhere to stop predators from finding their food?'"

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