Forensics experts gather DNA to understand who was present at a crime scene. But what if the crime occurred in the middle of ...

Salmon lie on the deck of a commercial fishing boat. With refinements to eDNA tracking methods, researchers can now collect data about what fish were present in an area up to two days after the fish ...

Construction is still underway at the environmental DNA (eDNA) lab expansion that is taking shape at the River Institute’s ...

A team of ecologists and engineers from Cornell University have made a breakthrough in understanding environmental DNA (eDNA) movement in water. Researchers developed synthetic DNA that mimics the ...

Sequencing environmental DNA found in soil, seawater, snow or even air samples has made it possible to detect and identify organisms, allowing researchers to build exhaustive biodiversity inventories.

Genetic material from a worrisome invasive fish species has been detected in a lake in Central Kentucky, but officials stress that doesn’t mean live fish have made it into the lake. Environmental DNA ...

PORTLAND, Maine (WMTW) - Think of it as the forensic science of the ocean. Scientists at the Gulf of Maine Research Institute are doing just that. eDNA stands for environmental DNA, which Sam Bengs at ...

Icebergs towered over molecular biologist Peter Thielen as he maneuvered an inflatable motorboat through a fjord on the western Antarctic Peninsula in early 2023. A senior scientist at Johns Hopkins ...