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Whale shark off the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico.

DNA barcoding helps identify endangered species from market specimens of sharks and rays

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 6 Sep 2017

New genetic analyses help scientists rethink the elephant family tree

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 3 Aug 2017

Amazon infrastructure EIAs under-assess biodiversity; scientists offer solutions

Claire Salisbury 6 Jul 2017

DNA analysis reveals a third species of flying squirrel in North America

Mike Gaworecki 19 Jun 2017

Soil research aided by citizen scientists, boots and all

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 9 Jun 2017

Rugged innovation: Meeting the challenges of bringing high tech DNA analysis to the field

Lalini Pedris 25 May 2017

Translating the barcode of wildlife into action

Lalini Pedris 3 Mar 2017

Testing the water: identifying marine communities through eDNA

Colleen O'Brien 24 Feb 2017
Elephants in Tarangire National Park in Tanzania

Scanning the barcode of wildlife

Lalini Pedris 14 Feb 2017

Conservation’s best kept secret (database)

Jeremy Hance 18 Jan 2017

Invasive innovations: Summit fosters technological solutions to invasive species challenge

Julia John 19 Dec 2016

Searching for sawfish following the clues of environmental DNA

Julia John 26 Sep 2016

Experts hack away at portable DNA barcode scanner to fight timber and wildlife trafficking

Julia John 12 Sep 2016
An atlantic salmon (Salmo salar), at the Atlanterhavsparken aquarium in Ålesund, Norway. Photo by Hans-Petter Fjeld via Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-SA).

Fish-farm escapees are weakening Norwegian wild salmon genetics

Melati Kaye 10 Aug 2016

DART-TOFMS: Finding the chemistry in wood

Taylor Robb-McCord 3 Aug 2016

Chew on this new way to detect disease in primates

Julia John 28 Jul 2016

The ‘raven’ whale: scientists uncover new beaked whale

Jeremy Hance 27 Jul 2016

Bringing Star Trek tricorder analysis to the 21st century

Hina Alam 4 Jul 2016

Light, long-lasting and low-cost: the technology needs of field conservationists and wildlife researchers

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 27 Apr 2016
Carly & Camas look for black-footed ferret in Colorado

The tech-noses of the wildlife conservation world

Carly Vynne 23 Mar 2016

DNA and beyond: The challenges of identifying wood and addressing illegal timber products

Caleb O'Brien 25 Nov 2015

Stemming the tide: A new tool in wildlife crime whodunits

Caleb O'Brien 16 Nov 2015

Scientists turn to DNA from Sumatran elephant dung to aid conservation

Mike DiGirolamo 13 Oct 2015

Scientists identify frog through DNA without leaving forest

Jeremy Hance 5 May 2015

New study: ‘Yeti’ hairs do not point to unknown bear species

Jeremy Hance 12 Jan 2015

Ocelots live in super densities on Barro Colorado Island

Jeremy Hance 18 Dec 2014

Genetic sleuthing reveals grisly details of historic whale hunting

Shreya Dasgupta 5 Nov 2014

New species named after the struggle for same-sex marriage

Jeremy Hance 13 Oct 2014

Have scientists discovered a new primate in the Philippines?

Jeremy Hance 21 Aug 2014

Next big idea in forest conservation? DNA fingerprinting trees to stem illegal logging

Dr Liz Kimbrough 21 Aug 2014

Scientists uncover new marine mammal genus, represented by single endangered species

Jeremy Hance 14 May 2014

Long lost mammal photographed on camera trap in Vietnam

Jeremy Hance 25 Mar 2014

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