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June 21, 2017 Exclusive: Bone-Sniffing Dogs to Hunt for Amelia Earhart's Remains By Rachel Hartigan Shea Expedition in Search of Earhart, to the Uninhabited Island of Nikumaroro in the South Pacific, Sets Sail with Forensic Canines Aboard... Click HERE to read more...

June 30, 2017 Why This Island Is at the Center of the Search for Amelia Earhart By Rachel Hartigan Shea Forensic dogs are sniffing for bones at a campsite where the pioneering pilot may have died 80 years ago... Click HERE to read more...

June 30, 2017 Forensic Dogs Locate Spot Where Amelia Earhart May Have Died By Rachel Hartigan Shea Bone-sniffing canines have been searching a remote Pacific island for any signs of the famous, ill-fated pilot. Here's what they found... Click HERE to read more...

March 8, 2018 Bones Discovered in 1940 Could Have Been Amelia Earhart's By Rachel Hartigan Shea A new forensic analysis suggests that skeletal remains found on a remote island belonged to the famous pilot. Click HERE to read more...

July 17, 2017 Search For Amelia Earhart Draws Archaeologist From Eugene To South Pacific By Tom Banse An archaeologist from Eugene has just returned from an expedition to an uninhabited South Pacific island with new clues about the possible fate of Amelia Earhart. The pioneer aviator and her navigator, Fred Noonan, disappeared 80 years ago creating an enduring mystery and fascination... Click HERE to read more...

PUBLISHED December 2015 Guidance on the Use of Historic Human Remains Detection Dogs for Locating Unmarked Cemeteries By Carey L. Baxter and Michael L. Hargrave A recent development in non-invasive grave location techniques is the use of Historic Human Remains Detection (HHRD) dogs. These dogs are specially trained to detect the scent of buried human bones. Proponents of this techniques claim the dogs can differentiate between human and animal bones and can detect graves exceeding 100 years of age and located up to 6 feet beneath the surface. Determining the effectiveness of HHRD dog surveys is problematic because ground truthing is rarely allowed. This report describes a scientific study testing the effectiveness of HHRD dogs and comparing HHRD dog results against geophysical survey results at multiple, unmarked, burial sites... Click HERE to read more...