More Than Just Making Up Names for Animals: Why Taxonomy Matters
That new glow-in-the-dark cockroach isn't only the scariest bug you've ever seen.
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Species
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Species Disappearing Faster Than We Can Count
We are losing species, by some counts, at a rate of more than 25,000 a year, which is a lot faster than we are discovering them.
Endangered Species Act Candidates Getting Prioritized
The Byzantine legal process of placing plants and animals on America's endangered species list swallows the efforts of the agency that curates the list. A new agreement may untangle the mess.
Why Are There So Many Species in Tropical Rainforests?
Tropical ecologist Simon Queenborough addresses the mystery behind the fabulous array of plants and animals found in tropical rainforests.
Lessons From the Reverse Engineering of Nature
A Miller-McCune Research Essay by Columbia University professor Shahid Naeem on the importance of biodiversity and the true significance of the human species.