Imagine scanning lion dung or a mouse dropping and instantly knowing exactly what and how much the animal has eaten. Thanks to new DNA techniques, this is becoming increasingly feasible. Ph.D. student ...
Over 60 animal species in three days. That is how many mammals, birds and amphibians researchers found DNA traces from in the air in a Danish forest. The results can pave the way for a new and ...
Her mother may be a sheep, but farmers suspect she’s a different species.
No camera captured it, no net pulled it aboard, and no diver ever laid eyes on it. Yet researchers exploring a network of ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Humans share deep biological connections with animals through DNA, especially with primates like chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, ...
Researchers demonstrate that a vast multitude of birds and mammals can be detected by simply swabbing the DNA left behind by animals from leaves. They showcased the power of this approach in an ...
Great Blue Turaco in Kibale National Park in Uganda. Bkamprath via Getty Images The world is losing animals at an alarming rate due to habitat degradation, climate change and illegal human activities ...
We can’t protect what we do not know, and now that we have confirmed that this other species of pangolin exists, we can use ...
It is an early autumn morning. Three researchers from the Globe Institute at the University of Copenhagen venture into a Danish forest carrying plastic boxes with DNA air samplers. Wearing latex ...