A research project will gather data on hellbender populations, which have declined over recent decades and were damaged after ...

Monitoring biodiversity in hard-to-reach high alpine areas using traditional survey methods like camera traps is challenging and expensive.

Scientists use a portable eDNA test to find the world's rarest turtle. This new technology helps conservationists locate ...

An endangered species of bat has been confirmed in Arizona for the first time, using an emerging genetic sampling method and the work of an amateur scientist.

Scientists have developed a new method to monitor the elusive eastern indigo snake, the longest native snake in the United ...

The first comprehensive biodiversity survey of Virachey National Park, Cambodia, has revealed the vast array of species ...

Scientists have developed a new method to monitor the elusive eastern indigo snake using environmental DNA (eDNA) from soil ...

Humans once hunted and gathered their food. Now most food is grown under carefully controlled conditions. In modern times ...

Genetic algorithms are unique ways to solve complex problems by harnessing the power of nature. By applying these methods to predicting security prices, traders can optimize trading rules by ...

New work by Columbia researchers has turned a textbook principle of genetics on its head and revealed why some people who carry disease-causing genes experience no symptoms. Every biology student ...

The genetic mechanism is similar to sex determination in many animals. Pictured, Groh with a California black walnut tree on the UC Davis campus. (Sasha Bakhter, College of Biological Sciences) The ...