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Stephen Beech

High-Tech DNA Analysis Offers Non-Invasive Solution For Polar Bear Conservation

Polar bear on snow covered ground during daytime, May 16th, 2020. Researchers have developed a non-invasive form of DNA analysis using skin cells shed in the bears’ footprints in the snow. HANS-JURGEN MAGER/UNSPLASH

A new high-tech way of tracking polar bears could help save the iconic species.

DNA from snow tracks could help monitor the threatened animals, say scientists.

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