You can read about the Amazon forest for years and still not come close to grasping how strange its wildlife really is. The rainforest holds animals that glow, mimic wood, run on water, or carry ...

Gogarten wondered whether eDNA floating in the air might also settle on leaves to be collected by passing researchers with simple ... team found animal DNA from a plethora of vertebrate genera and ...

It aimed to determine the species composition in a specific area using simple ... animal DNA is in the air all around us, perhaps it settles and gets stuck to sticky surfaces like leaves. The ...

The rainforest is a feast for the senses. From the loud hum of insects and calls from birds and other animals to the earthy aroma from the forever dampened soil — researchers who spend time in this ...

Our study demonstrated that many birds and mammals can be detected using this simple ... all animals sampled to date. The team didn’t expect great results, because in rainforest conditions ...