Tag: DNA analysis

June 28, 2018

DNA helps biologists monitor rare Korean ungulate

Deep in the remote mountain crags and valleys of the eastern Korean Peninsula, an imperiled goatish herbivore called the long-tailed goral (Naemorhedus caudatus) persists despite the pressures of development and...

October 12, 2017

WSB study: Wing swabs can help identify threatened bat species

As white-nose syndrome devastates bats across the continent, scientists are scrambling to better research and conserve them. Biologists in western Canada recently discovered they could use wing swabs for noninvasive...

August 30, 2017

Salamanders’ breeding season affects dispersal, gene flow

Recent research on salamander gene flow in the forests of Missouri indicates that when deciding which ponds to protect on a landscape to conserve amphibian populations, biologists should pay attention...

March 30, 2016

Where do the bats killed by turbines come from?

Genetic and isotope detective work is revealing the mysteries of where some of the bat species most often killed by wind turbines come from. “These are an enigmatic species,” said...