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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Evelyne Musambi

DARK SECRETS: How collecting dna samples in the wild could transform conservation - The Real Truth

Rwanda Environmental DNA - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

A guide called out to endangered golden monkeys with grunts and clicks to signal he posed no threat, a familiar sound in the mist-covered forests of Rwanda ’s Volcanoes National Park.

Here in one of Africa's most well-known parks, steep ridges and dense vegetation often obscure even the largest mountain gorillas — also endangered — and scientists are turning to new technology to detect and protect them.

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