Local staff checked the Malaise traps weekly. Malaise traps collect flying insects. The samples provided the basis for the Madagascar dataset used in study, which fed into the CORAL modeling approach.

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

New research looks at carbon dioxide removal—where carbon is absorbed from the atmosphere and stored—and finds that ...

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 ...

Systematic sampling is straightforward and low risk, offering better control. However, it may introduce sampling errors and ...