Drone-mounted eDNA hints at richness of life in the rainforest canopy

Drone-mounted eDNA hints at richness of life in the rainforest canopy

What’s lurking in and around the rainforest canopy? That’s a hard question to answer, especially in tall and dense forests. Traditional tracking methods, like camera traps, often miss out on elusive species that live high in the canopies. Acoustic monitoring might help detect some species, but not the relatively quiet ones. Scientists are now using a combination of drone technology and environmental DNA (eDNA) analysis to unravel the mysteries u…