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Air pollution filters help scientists produce first UK wildlife survey using eDNA

8 August 2025

Dr Joanne Littlefair (UCL Division of Biosciences) explains how DNA from wildlife can be detected in the air. “Organisms lose bits of themselves all the time – dead skin cells, fragments of hair or feathers, saliva, even faeces and urine. Some of this will become airborne."

Read: The Guardian