Using the tiny fragments of DNA that animals leave behind as they move through an environment is giving researchers an ever-greater insight into where and how they live. A new study has allowed ...

SEATTLE — A new study by researchers at the University of Washington used "environmental DNA" to assess where culvert replacements helped increase fish passage. Researchers utilized a technique they ...

Researchers have outlined a powerful new tool for monitoring trade of rare and endangered fish species in Hong Kong wet markets. Using environmental DNA (eDNA) present in the drain runoff water of ...

As they swim around, fish leave DNA fragments behind them. Credit: Altermatt lab/Eawag As they swim around, fish leave DNA fragments behind them, for example via their skin or their excrements. Once ...

A team led by the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has developed a technique to study how different fish species interact with each other in a coastal region, a breakthrough that ...

OSLO (Reuters) - Scientists have tracked fish off New York by following the traces of DNA left in the water, a technique that could help gauge life in rivers, lakes and the oceans around the world, a ...