New species of cobra-like snake discovered – but it may already be extinct
By Tom Major, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Bournemouth University
Axel Barlow, Lecturer in Zoology, Bangor University
Wolfgang Wüster, Reader in Zoology, Bangor University
Around the world, natural history museums hold a treasure trove of knowledge about Earth’s animals. But much of the precious information is sealed off to genetic scientists because formalin, the chemical often used to preserve specimens, damages DNA and makes sequences hard to recover.
However, recent advances…
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Monday, October 2nd 2023