Mongabay News on MSN
DNA fingerprinting convicts Zimbabwe lion poachers in landmark case
By Spoorthy Raman A CSI-style investigation in Zimbabwe helped to successfully prosecute two people for killing a lion and ...
Scientists analyzed hairs extracted from the broken teeth of two 19th century 'man-eater' lions. Their analysis revealed DNA from giraffe, human, oryx, waterbuck, wildebeest and zebra as prey, along ...
The lions’ teeth had been damaged during their lifetimes. Study coauthor Thomas Gnoske found thousands of hairs embedded in the exposed cavities of the broken teeth. By isolating and sequencing DNA in ...
A new study analyzed hairs embedded in the damaged teeth of two “man-eater” lions that killed at least 28 people in 1898 in the Tsavo region of Kenya. CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — In 1898, two male lions ...
Some results have been hidden because they may be inaccessible to you
Show inaccessible results