The Mediterranean Sea houses nine cetacean species, including the fin and sperm whales, both endangered. Scientists are using modern techniques like metabarcoding environmental DNA to study these ...

A new study published in PeerJ Life & Environment and featured in the International Association for Biological Oceanography Hub evaluates the use of DNA metabarcoding to identify fish eggs. The study ...

Healthy freshwater ecosystems are crucial for supporting wildlife and supplying humans with necessities like food, water, energy, and transportation. Despite this, there is a remarkable lack of data ...

Locations of 59 lakes sampled for sedimentary DNA analysis, overlaid on a vegetation map of the Tibetan Plateau. Ⅰ, needleleaf forest; Ⅱ, needleleaf and broadleaf mixed forest; Ⅲ, broadleaf forest; Ⅳ, ...

In recent years, the global environment has been grappling with the devastating consequences of anthropogenic stressors, resulting in the dramatic depletion of numerous species and habitats across the ...

The ability to extract trace bits of DNA from soil, water, and even air is revolutionizing science. But it's not foolproof. In the late 1980s, at a federal research facility in Pensacola, Florida, ...

Scientists have used tools of genetics research akin to those used in genealogical research to evaluate the diversity of marine life off the California coast. Large-scale 'metabarcoding' methods could ...

As we move through the world, we leave behind invisible traces of ourselves encased in the hair, skin, and other bodily ...