Most insects encountered in the field are initially entomological dark matter in that they
cannot be identified to species while alive. This explains the enduring quest for efficient …

Delimiting and naming biodiversity is a vital step toward wildlife conservation and research.
However, species delimitation must be consistent across biota so that the limited resources …

The science of taxonomy, albeit being fundamental for all organismic research, has been
underfunded and undervalued for about two generations. We analyze how this could …

Halting biodiversity decline is one of the most critical challenges for humanity, but monitoring
biodiversity is hampered by taxonomic impediments. One impediment is the large number of …

A recent revision of the anacondas (Serpentes: Boidae: Eunectes), with the description of a
new species of green anaconda, generated extensive publicity, but also provoked …

Earth's biodiversity is still so poorly known that only about two million (Bánki et al., 2021) of
the estimated nine million or more eukaryotic species (Larsen et al., 2017; Mora et al., 2011) …

Animal translocations provide striking examples of the human footprint on biodiversity.
Combining continental-wide genomic and DNA-barcoding analyses, we reconstructed the …

Roughly 18,000 species are described annually as new to science, while estimated
extinction rates are comparable to or even exceeding these new discoveries. Considering …

Fungi are among the least known organisms on earth, with an estimated number of species
between 1.5 and 10 million. This number is expected to be refined, especially with …

Malagasy frogs of the subgenus Brygoomantis in the mantellid frog genus Mantidactylus
currently comprise 14 described species of mostly brown, riparian frogs. Data from DNA …