The infographic shows a new method where researchers used spider webs to monitor environmental eDNA of vertebrates. They demonstrated the effectiveness of their by analyzing samples from a zoo and a wildlife sanctuary.
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Sticky spider-web traps are promising non-invasive and cheap tools for terrestrial vertebrate monitoring.

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This Simple Fish May Have Been One of the First Vertebrates

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Diving Beetle Adults and Larvae Dismember, Eat Tadpoles: Study

African Killifish Are the Fastest-Maturing Vertebrates

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Earth Experiencing Sixth Mass Extinction: Study

Earliest Deuterostome Fossils Described

Aural History

Ancient Fish Analyzed

Sequencing the Tree of Life

Genome Digest

DNA Jumps Between Vertebrates

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Double Duplication

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Biomedical Informatician Atul Butte Dies at 55

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A Gut Pathogen’s Unexpected Weapon Against Amyloid Diseases

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Universe 25 Experiment

Two domesticated animals, a red border collie dog and horse together at sunset.

The Genes That Shaped Pets and Domesticated Livestock

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Taking Control of Cellular Contamination with PCR Testing

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Electronic Records in Cell Culture Management

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June 2025, Issue 1

Nergal Networks: Where Friendship Meets Infection

A citizen science game explores how social choices and networks can influence how an illness moves through a population.

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Maximizing Lentivirus Recovery

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Unraveling Complex Biology with Advanced Multiomics Technology

Unraveling Complex Biology with Five-Dimensional Multiomics

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Resurrecting Plant Defense Mechanisms to Avoid Crop Pathogens

Resurrecting Plant Defense Mechanisms to Avoid Crop Pathogens

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Seeing and Sorting with Confidence

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Waters Enhances Alliance iS HPLC System Software, Setting a New Standard for End-to-End Traceability and Data Integrity 

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Agilent Unveils the Next Generation in LC-Mass Detection: The InfinityLab Pro iQ Series

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Agilent Announces the Enhanced 8850 Gas Chromatograph

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Pioneering Cancer Plasticity Atlas will help Predict Response to Cancer Therapies