Cheap picnic coolers help protect endangered species in Palau

Scientists studying some of the world's most endangered animals in the waters around Palau, a western Pacific island nation renowned for its strict nature protections, are using inexpensive picnic coolers to store biological samples during fieldwork. The low-cost approach allows critical conservation research without expensive laboratory equipment.

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