For many years, scientists have been extracting DNA from the bones of ancient humans, humanoids and animals to paint a picture of evolution and species movement. Despite what’s been portrayed in the ...

Scientists are already able to ascertain what species are present in aquatic environments, by analyzing the cast-off DNA which is present in the water. Now, for the first, a team has conducted an ...

Global changes are profoundly affecting forest ecosystems. Droughts, combined with high temperatures and attacks from pathogens and certain insects, are leading to increased mortality of some key tree ...

It may not sound very appetizing, but crushing up a variety of creepy crawlies and sequencing the DNA of the resulting "insect soup" may be an efficient way to catalog biodiversity and track ...

This story was originally published by The Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Insect DNA has been gathered from the air and for the first time used to detect 85 ...

OSAKA >> A new method of collecting insect DNA involves simply spraying water on plants, a group of researchers has announced. The water, used to collect trace amounts of DNA contained in feces and ...

Researchers discover that insect sex systems influence the speed of mitochondrial evolution, impacting biodiversity tracking ...

A decade ago, biologists and natural historians around the world launched ambitious goals to create inventories of our planet’s biodiversity. After all, they said, you can’t save what you don’t know ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - For many years, scientists have been extracting DNA from the bones of ancient humans, humanoids and animals to paint a picture of evolution and species movement. Despite what’s ...