In this project, volunteers will collect eDNA from around 800 lakes around the world. Credit: Kristy Deiner Taking an accurate census of the organisms in an ecosystem is a challenging task—an observer ...

Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman. It’s been more than 500 years since Leonardo da Vinci died. Yet, in those intervening ...

The ability to extract trace bits of DNA from soil, water, and even air is revolutionizing science. Are there pitfalls? By Peter Andrey Smith/Undark Published Feb 14, 2024 8:06 AM EST This article was ...

Across the globe, citizen scientists are lending their eyes, hands, and curiosity to research. In some of these efforts, volunteers play the role of colorful creatures to study social behavior and ...

Emerging methods are improving the ability to identify even highly degraded human remains. By Damien Cave Reporting from Hanoi, Vietnam The world is facing an abundance of tragic events that produce ...