taxonomy

Young entrepreneurs are creating a digital, 3-D encyclopedia of insects that doubles as a free field guide.

The US Geological Survey’s database, a compendium of biodiversity information, will be shut down this month due to a slashed 2012 budget.

Cataloging the staggering richness of Earth’s species will have multiple payoffs.

A new estimate of eukaryotic diversity suggests a total of 8.7 million species. So far, scientists have discovered only 1.2 million of them.

Two lizard taxonomists champion the use of Bayesian species delimitation to settle taxonomic debates.