conservation, genetics & genomics

Chinook make their way up the Klamath River every year, but fewer and fewer arrive in the spring.

Various concerned groups have been petitioning NOAA Fisheries to list spring-run Chinook salmon in Oregon and Northern California for over a decade.

The genome sequences of 51 giraffes from all over Africa contribute to the latest attempt in an ongoing pursuit to pin down a species number.

The new finding could aid tiger conservation, with only 4,000 of the big cats remaining.

Scientists have sequenced the koala’s genome.

Almost half of all patents relating to the genes of marine organisms belong to one large international corporation, BASF, a new study reveals.  

The introduction of the poisonous Duttaphrynus melanostictus into Madagascar could be fatally risky for the island’s native predators.

Victoria, a southern white rhino at the San Diego Zoo, was impregnated by artificial insemination on March 22 and, if all goes well, will birth the calf in summer 2019.

Given the speed and efficiency of environmental (eDNA) sampling, a much larger portion of the sea can be screened, in a shorter time, for patterns of diversity.

Gene flow between elephant species was a common feature of their evolutionary history.

In a first, scientists reanimate the fish using embedded gold nanoparticles that heat up cells by absorbing laser light.

Genomic analysis reveals wolves and coyotes have hybridized, potentially complicating wolves' protection under the US Endangered Species Act.

Reintroduced apes facing challenges; Zika conspiracy theories sow confusion; UK researchers nervous about new anti-lobbying law

A look back at the latest microbes, plants, and animals to have secured a spot in science’s known tree of life in 2014

The passenger pigeon was hunted to extinction 99 years ago, but researchers are planning to use DNA from museum specimens to bring the bird back to life.

A polar bear in a German zoo dies after contracting a virus normally found in zebras.