<b>Missoula, Mont. • </b>A paw print in the snow contains enough genetic clues to identify the animal that made it, even if the track has been buried for five months.

Two Lynx cats were spotted in the Cairngorms this morning. Search efforts have now recommenced in the national park to catch the big cats. ... Paw prints in the snow, with a pound coin for scale.

A paw print in the snow contains enough genetic clues to identify the animal that made it, even if the track has been buried for five months. That discovery may revolutionize and simplify wildlife ...

Researchers can now extract environmental DNA from paw prints left in the snow by threatened species, such as polar bears and lynxes, ... the team managed to retrieve nuclear DNA from 87.5% of wild ...

A big cat expert is studying a paw print cast taken in Fife in an attempt to identify "the Beast of Balbirnie". It follows what have been considered credible sightings by members of the public in ...

They also linked DNA from the wild paw prints with 12 individual bears. Researchers decided to home in on eDNA from paw prints, rather than from feces, because DNA degrades as it passes through ...

DNA left in paw prints in the snow aids wildlife tracking. ... On the other hand, lynx and bobcat look similar, but there are nearly 1,000 bobcats for every lynx in Montana.

MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) - A paw print in the snow contains enough genetic clues to identify the animal that made it, even if the track has been buried for five months. That discovery may ...