We need to start with digitization and online accessioning of type specimens, prioritizing those taken from their countries of origin 4, as well as capacity building to enable taxonomists in ...

If you saw a feathered, two-footed critter on the lawn, what would you tell people you saw? A robin? A blackbird? How about a dinosaur? From a taxonomist's perspective, you couldn't go wrong with ...

The official body charged with virus classification has released four new principles that bring order to the viral world. This provides a unified framework that will enable all viruses to be ...

Taxonomy, the classification of living things, has its origins in ancient Greece and in its modern form dates back nearly 250 years, to when Linnaeus introduced the binomial classification still used ...

I’ve written many times about why taxonomies are necessary for any kind of CMS, DAM or KM initiatives in the enterprise. Simply implementing an asset management system and letting it grow organically ...

Taxonomy is the science that attempts to categorise the many millions of species on Earth. Find out how to define taxonomy, what taxonomists do and why classifying life is so important. The definition ...