The taxonomist described more than 800 species of fish.

An analysis of the En Tibi herbarium’s plants and handwriting has given clues to the identity of its maker.

The plant awareness revolution will be led by poets, philosophers, and hipsters; not just scientists.

The discovery of ancient clades of brittle stars at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean adds to concerns that commercial exploitation of the area could destroy numerous taxa before they’ve even been identified.

The same study also finds there are three species of Electrophorus, rather than one.

Scientists work to help relocate colleagues who lost everything.

Quentin Wheeler’s firing of department chairs earlier this year didn’t sit well with university faculty members.  

There are countless ways for scientists to say, “I love you.” Naming a slime-mold beetle after your wife (and another after your ex-wife) is, apparently, one of them.  

A scientist confirms a new species of patas monkey in Ethiopia.