By Mino Rakotovao Conservation biologist Dimby Raharinjanahary spent years walking through Madagascar’s forests, counting ...

Researchers have found that the key to a quick and cost-effective mapping of biodiversity has been right in front of our eyes all along, but at the same time invisible -- i.e., in the air that ...

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, ...

Only a fraction of nature’s diversity, or species richness, is still known, especially when it comes to insects and fungi, both of which have millions of species still unknown to science. At the same ...

Biodiversity measurement encompasses a suite of quantitative approaches designed to characterise the variety and distribution of life at multiple organisational levels. Traditional metrics—such as ...

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 ...

Scientists have come up with an innovative method of tracing wildlife without relying on visual sightings. By analyzing the ...

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 ...

Researchers have discovered that air quality networks collect environmental DNA (eDNA) samples, which can help monitor biodiversity around the world. Biodiversity has been declining at an alarming ...

Some researchers are racing against time to uncover the unknown diversity in nature, while also developing ways to save it. Fungi are among the most diverse and ecologically important kingdoms in life ...