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Bits of DNA in ocean water can reveal white sharks swimming nearby

Sofie Bates 4 Dec 2018

Identifying Zika-transmitting mosquito fast, cheaply, and on the go

David Klinges 3 Oct 2018

DNA database helps Nepal’s officials monitor tigers, punish poachers

Abhaya Raj Joshi 7 Sep 2018

Researchers weed out a way to identify plants using environmental DNA

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 17 Aug 2018

Forest elephant DNA diverse, consistent, and distinct, study says

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 10 Aug 2018

eDNA may offer an early warning signal for deadly frog pathogen

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 18 Apr 2018

In blood-sucking leeches, scientists find a genetic snapshot of local wildlife

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 13 Mar 2018

Where does your timber come from? Genetic analysis may soon tell you

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 8 Mar 2018

Scientists deploy DNA analysis and radiocarbon dating in latest salvo against ivory trafficking

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 5 Feb 2018

As nesting beaches warm, sea turtle populations are turning female–how scientists found out

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 29 Jan 2018

10 top conservation tech innovations from 2017

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 4 Jan 2018

Portable DNA analysis tool identifies species on site to help combat wildlife crime

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 6 Dec 2017

From rescue to research: training detection dogs for conservation

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 1 Dec 2017

New research might finally establish true identity of the mysterious Yeti

Mike Gaworecki 30 Nov 2017

Dogs, dung, and DNA: mapping multi-species corridors to conserve threatened carnivores

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 9 Oct 2017

USAID Wildlife Crime Tech Challenge awards Acceleration Prizes for rapid tech developments

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 2 Oct 2017

Scientists sequence plant DNA in the field to identify species within hours

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 26 Sep 2017
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

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