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Researchers and customs officials unite to fight wildlife trafficking using eDNA

David Klinges 6 Jun 2019

Counting on eDNA for a faster, easier way to count coral

Stephanie Parker 8 May 2019

Creating a high-tech island to save one of the world’s rarest birds

Hannah Thomasy 25 Apr 2019

‘Judas’ snakes lead scientists on a high-tech Easter egg hunt for pythons

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 24 Apr 2019

Genetic test reveals Baltic flounder migration routes and a new species

Lakshmi Supriya 13 Mar 2019

Agribusiness harm to Gran Chaco genetic diversity: centuries to heal

Jennifer Ann Thomas 23 Jan 2019

Rapid population drop weakened the Grauer’s gorilla gene pool

John Cannon 10 Jan 2019

DNA test helps officials spot dodgy shark shipments

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 21 Dec 2018

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
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A river runs through it — and keeps the Amazon’s bird species diverse

Claire Asher 24 Aug 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

First fern genomes sequenced — and they hold a lot of promise

Shreya Dasgupta 18 Jul 2018

Global frog pandemic may become even deadlier as strains combine

Morgan Erickson-Davis 3 Jul 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

New study suggests Borneo’s had elephants for thousands of years

John Cannon 31 Jan 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

‘Science needs to catch up’: Deep sea mining looms over unstudied ecosystems

Morgan Erickson-Davis 25 Aug 2017

New genetic analyses help scientists rethink the elephant family tree

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 3 Aug 2017

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