LA CROSSE, Wis. (WEAU) - Adam Schneider is an assistant professor of biology at UW-La Crosse. He’s teaching a plant taxonomy course to help students identify plants they may see in their daily lives.

DNA barcoding is now being used to identify the plant matter in human feces, revealing what a person has eaten. A reliable genetic marker for plant-based foods can be retrieved from poop, showing not ...

Aligning with the International Day for Biological Diversity's theme of "Acting locally for global impact," researchers have ...

Partly sunny and mild on Sunday. A First Alert for times of rain & storms Monday. Cool days ahead. The Ghidorzi Family Foundation held its annual Green & Clean event Saturday morning, giving community ...

Kolkata: In a major breakthrough for Indian biodiversity research, scientists from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) have ...

From 2017 to 2022, Bob Grant was Editor in Chief of The Scientist, where he started in 2007 as a Staff Writer. Before joining the team, he worked as a reporter at Audubon and earned a master’s degree ...

Reliable technique should improve clinical trials, nutrition studies and historical research DURHAM, N.C. – What people say they’ve eaten and what they’ve actually eaten are often two very different ...

Aligning with the International Day for Biological Diversity's theme of "Acting locally for global impact," researchers have ...

DURHAM, N.C. – What people say they’ve eaten and what they’ve actually eaten are often two very different lists of foods. But a new technique using DNA barcoding to identify the plant matter in human ...