Scientists have developed and validated a first-of-its-kind, portable environmental DNA (eDNA) test to help detect the world's rarest turtle, the Swinhoe's softshell turtle (Rafetus swinhoei), which ...

The Mediterranean white shark is as elusive and mysterious as the sharks in the Atlantic and Pacific are well known. "There's really not much known about them, and they are crucial to the ecological ...

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If you liked this story, share it with other people. All organisms shed traces of their biological material, which contains their unique DNA, into the environment. Researchers using a technique called ...

The San Diego fairy shrimp, a miniscule, puddle-dwelling crustacean that provides food for migrating birds, is nearing extinction as humans continue to encroach on its wetlands habitat. But a new ...

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 ...

A local environmentalist and graduate student is using environmental DNA testing to confirm whether the state endangered Blanding’s turtles are living in the Milan Bottoms wetlands near a proposed ...

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 ...

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Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge sits at the intersection of the Cayuga and Black Lakes. It’s connected by the Clyde River and surrounded by all the scenic beauty the Finger Lakes Region is known ...