Tracking environmental DNA (eDNA) is fast becoming a popular method of monitoring aquatic biodiversity, but current methods are expensive and cumbersome. Filter-feeding sponges can act as natural ...

Information on Earth's biodiversity is increasingly collected using DNA-, image- and audio-based sampling. At the same time, new statistical analysis methods are being developed to make more out of ...

Your Artstor image groups were copied to Workspace. The Artstor website will be retired on Aug 1st. Diversity and Distributions Vol. 30, No. 6, June 2024 Causes and effects of sampling bias on m ...

DJI Drones Empower Groundbreaking eDNA Sampling in Collaboration with Wilderness International and ETH Zurich August 30, 2024 – DJI, the global leader in civilian drones and aerial imaging technology, ...

A team of scientists have discovered that two air quality monitoring stations in the U.K. also collected DNA samples that could benefit biodiversity monitoring. Scientists analyzed DNA samples trapped ...

This project will develop cost-effective and efficient means of assessing baselines and monitoring changes in deep-sea biodiversity by filling critical gaps in DNA barcode and specimen image databases ...

Zoe Short shows off a monarch butterfly she named Russell in front of UW’s Berry Biodiversity Conservation Center pollinator garden. Short, a recent UW graduate from Douglas, was the lead author of a ...

NJIT biologist Eric Fortune and a team of scientists called “Limelight Rainforest” have won the five-year XPRIZE Rainforest Competition, securing half of the competition's $10 million prize purse. The ...

Data collected by citizen science initiatives, museums and national parks is an important basis for research on biodiversity change. However, scientists found that sampling sites are oftentimes not ...

Ongoing large-scale habitat disturbance requires quick identification of conservation priorities such as targeting sites rich in species and/or endemics. Biodiversity assessments are time consuming ...