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Researchers Detect Land Animals Using DNA in Nearby Water Bodies

Monitoring the comings and goings of aquatic life with traces of DNA in water has become an established biomonitoring technique, but scientists are now using environmental DNA to assess terrestrial animals.

Researchers Detect Land Animals Using DNA in Nearby Water Bodies

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Bridges for UK Water Voles

Dan Cossins | Mar 20, 2013 | 1 min read

Newly constructed ramps will expand the habitat available to a colony of water voles in London, and similar ramps elsewhere could encourage isolated populations to mix.