Figuring out what species live in an ecosystem, and which ones are rare or just good at hiding is an essential way to understand and care for them. Until now, it's been very labor intensive. But now ...

Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding has emerged as a powerful tool for monitoring aquatic biodiversity, enabling ...

A closeup shot in motion of kingfisher bird with wide open wings hunting fish in river on sunny day© Wirestock Creators/Shutterstock.com Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge sits at the intersection of ...

NEW YORK, Aug. 21, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Bureau Veritas, a world-leader in testing, inspection, and certification (TIC) services, today announced it has met rigorous ISO 17025 standards to become the ...

Think of it as CSI for fish. Like the crime scene investigators on television detective shows, fisheries scientists are relying on a technique called eDNA (environmental DNA) to search the Great Lakes ...

“Danger: Electric Fishing in Progress,” reads the bright yellow sign on the bank of the River Frome in southwest England. Even at its widest point just outside the city of Bristol, before it joins up ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. A Brazilian frog species, Megaelosia bocainensis, thought to have gone extinct in 1968 has been found with eDNA testing, which picks up the traces ...

All organisms shed traces of their biological material, which contains their unique DNA, into the environment. Researchers using a technique called metabarcoding to sequence this environmental DNA ...