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Researchers demonstrate that a vast multitude of birds and mammals can be detected by simply swabbing the DNA left behind by animals from leaves. They showcased the power of this approach in an ...

Great Blue Turaco in Kibale National Park in Uganda. Bkamprath via Getty Images The world is losing animals at an alarming rate due to habitat degradation, climate change and illegal human activities ...

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It is an early autumn morning. Three researchers from the Globe Institute at the University of Copenhagen venture into a Danish forest carrying plastic boxes with DNA air samplers. Wearing latex ...