All aspects of biodiversity research, from taxonomy to conservation, rely on data associated
with species names. Effective integration of names across multiple fields is paramount and …

The Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic reveals a
major gap in global biosecurity infrastructure: a lack of publicly available biological samples …

Simple Summary Taxonomy is a biological discipline with the task to identify, name, and
describe organisms, and as such, it provides necessary data for all other biological …

Mudflats—unvegetated, soft-sediment, intertidal habitats—support macrofaunal
assemblages that contribute to a number of important ecosystem functions (eg food for fish …

Enormous quantities of biodiversity data are being made available online, but much of this
data remains isolated in silos. One approach to breaking these silos is to map local, often …

The taxonomy of giraffe (Giraffa spp.) has a long and complex history, with scientists
debating merits of various classification schemes. Currently, the International Union for the …

We propose three most important measures for addressing the Linnaean shortfall in the
Global South such as, a) completing the Grand Linnaean Enterprise; b) massification of …

We conducted a scientometric on the United Nations' Convention on Biological Diversity
(CBD) access to biological resources and benefit sharing (ABS) literature using the Scopus …

Knowledge gaps in taxonomy and systematics are present in all insect groups, differing just
in size. Generally, size of the gap is negatively correlated with body size and positively with …