The 10th meeting of the Technical Committee on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture was launched yesterday. The four-day meeting is organised by the ...

A landmark finding that suggests koala genetic diversity not the only deciding factor in successful regrowth of populations.

Traditionally, conservation biologists have relied on field observation and sample and statistical analysis to help them understand the dynamics behind species loss, but today genetics is taking on an ...

MISSOULA - At first glance, there aren't many similarities between westslope cutthroat trout in Montana, wolves on Isle Royale National Park in Michigan and Australia's mountain pygmy possum, a ...

If you follow media coverage of koalas, you could be forgiven for feeling confused. Recent stories describe a “koala paradox”: endangered in the north of Australia, abundant in the south; genetically ...