Sensing the unseen – biodiversity quantified.

Trace genetic material shed by organisms – sampled from a litre of stream water, a scoop of soil, a swab of bark. Sequenced, classified, counted.

Reveals

Cryptic, nocturnal, microscopic and non-vocal taxa – fish, amphibians, invertebrates, fungi, plants.

Strength

Detects presence even when the organism never appears in front of an observer.

Limit

Reference-database coverage caps how much of the read pool can be confidently identified.

Passive acoustic monitors record the soundscape continuously. ML classifiers separate biophony from anthropophony and identify the contributing taxa.

Reveals

Vocal vertebrates and stridulating insects – birds, bats, anurans, orthopterans, cetaceans.

Strength

Continuous temporal coverage – dawn chorus, nocturnal calling, seasonal migration.

Limit

Silent organisms are invisible; anthropogenic noise can mask biophony.