The oribatid mites represent a remarkably diverse group of microarthropods that play a crucial role in soil ecosystems and nutrient cycling. Ongoing refinements in taxonomic methodologies, combining ...

Getting to know members of the Tephritid family can be quite a colourful experience. Tephritidae is the family name of fruit flies, one of the most damaging insect pests of horticultural products ...

When palaeontologist and zoologist Nikolaos Kargopoulos embarked on a research project two years ago to analyse the skull morphology of giraffes, he believed that “a giraffe was just a giraffe”.

In December of 2025, a Natural History Museum discovery write-up reported that researchers finally untangled a long-running ...

Some scientists say the rules must be changed so plants and animals are not tagged with ‘objectionable’ names In 1937, a brown, eyeless beetle was found in a few caves in Slovenia. The new species was ...

Quentin Wheeler's career can be traced back to a fascination with pond scum. Now president of SUNY's College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Wheeler was 8 when he first peered through a ...

Kevin Thiele receives funding from the commonwealth and state governments and industry for taxonomic research. He is affiliated with the Australian Academy of Science. His consultancy, Eubio ...

A previously unknown genus of tiny insect-like springtails has been discovered in China, revealing hidden biodiversity ...