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A captive Tibetan brown bear.

New brown bear ‘stronghold’ in Nepal redraws species’ range map

Abhaya Raj Joshi 31 Oct 2024

As Nepal counts its snow leopards, even the best estimate is still a guess

Abhaya Raj Joshi 30 Oct 2024
Egyptian fruit bat

Scientists find unexpected biodiversity in an African river, thanks to eDNA

Abhishyant Kidangoor 6 Sep 2024

DNA testing proves that cocoa originated in the Amazon and reveals robust pre-Columbian trade

Sibélia Zanon 29 Jul 2024
A dragonfly perched on a leaf in Thailand.

Reimagining insect research: Interview with Roel van Klink and Leandro Nascimento

Abhishyant Kidangoor 24 Jun 2024
A Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) at a lake.

Crowdsourcing eDNA for biodiversity monitoring: Interview with Kristy Deiner

Abhishyant Kidangoor 14 Jun 2024

Global study maps most detailed tree of life yet for flowering plants

Liz Kimbrough 24 Apr 2024
The ventral, lateral and dorsal views of the single specimen of Negros fruit dove collected in the Philippines in 1953.

DNA analysis of rare Philippine fruit dove sheds new light on a 70-year mystery

Mikael Angelo S. Francisco 29 Mar 2024
Hammerhead shark

DNA probe uncovers threatened shark species in Thailand’s markets

Carolyn Cowan 30 Jan 2024
One of the six newly described chameleons from Tanzania

Photos: Top species discoveries from 2023

Liz Kimbrough 27 Dec 2023

Where do illegal lion parts come from? A new tool offers answers

Malavika Vyawahare 13 Dec 2023
Clouded leopard

Clouded leopards face alarming decline amid ‘genetic crisis,’ study warns

Carolyn Cowan 23 Nov 2023
Jan Gogarten and Christina Lynggaard

Swab a leaf and find a species. Or 50, thanks to eDNA

Abhishyant Kidangoor 3 Oct 2023
EarthRanger Director Jes Lefcourt testing EarthRanger Mobile in northern Kenya.

Wildlife management platform EarthRanger goes mobile with new app

Abhishyant Kidangoor 10 Aug 2023

Zika, dengue transmission expected to rise with climate change

Luís Patriani 9 Aug 2023
An Asian honey bee on a yellow flower.

Scientists hope to tech the heck out of eDNA sampling with drones, robots

Abhishyant Kidangoor 7 Jul 2023
A river in Nepal.

Seeking environmental DNA in Himalayan rivers: Q&A with Adarsh Man Sherchan

Abhaya Raj Joshi 12 Jun 2023

‘Grumpiest cat’ leaves its calling card on the world’s highest mountain

Abhaya Raj Joshi 31 Jan 2023

Top 15 species discoveries from 2022 (Photos)

Liz Kimbrough 29 Dec 2022

On the roof of the world, water is life. Or a sign of it, thanks to eDNA

Abhishyant Kidangoor 14 Oct 2022
Pygmy loris

The slow, toxic and sleepy life of lorises is coded in their genes

Carolyn Cowan 11 Oct 2022
Hawksbill turtle

Turtle DNA database traces illegal shell trade to poaching hotspots

Carolyn Cowan 18 Jul 2022
A dog from the K9 Unit undergoing training with test bags that resemble luggage bags on a conveyer belt.

In Singapore, a forensics lab wields CSI-like tech against wildlife traffickers

Claire Turrell 20 May 2022

Study finds major brands selling cat food that contain protected sharks

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 9 Mar 2022
Toco

Winds of change: Detecting species from airborne DNA just got real

Carolyn Cowan 11 Feb 2022
White handed gibbon

Malaysia’s white-handed gibbons may be two subspecies, not one, study shows

Sheryl Lee Tian Tong 9 Feb 2022

Top 15 species discoveries from 2021 (Photos)

Liz Kimbrough 21 Dec 2021

DNA assessment confirms Gabon as last stronghold of forest elephants

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 19 Nov 2021
wedgefish

Study shines a light on Indonesia’s murky shark fishery and trade

Carolyn Cowan 5 Nov 2021
Western spotted skunk (Spilogale gracilis). Image by Robby Heischman courtesy of the Field Museum.

Pepé Le New: Meet the acrobatic spotted skunks of North America

Liz Kimbrough 15 Sep 2021
Paleoart

Low genetic diversity is part of rhinos’ long-term history, study says

Carolyn Cowan 31 Aug 2021

Human impacts leave reefs short on sharks and long on moray eels

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 24 Feb 2021

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