There has been enormous uncertainty amongst the scientific community on just how many species there are on Earth and how rapidly we are losing them through extinction. Given that taxonomists have described…
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For taxonomists, days often start – and sometimes end – with the question: what’s that? Whether you’re an entomologist, staring at a new species of riffle bug from a rainforest stream, or a paleontologist…
We’ve written previously on The Conversation about how taxonomy – the science of describing and naming species – can be quite a subjective science. But taxonomists can broadly be split into two camps…
The origin of the human species remains one of the most fascinating and difficult topics of modern science. One of the main reasons for this is a continuing lack of agreement about how we should define…
It might surprise you to learn that the idea of a “species” is one of the more ambiguous concepts in science. Originally, “species” (meaning “kind” or “sort” in Latin) was used to refer to organisms that…
Late last week CSIRO announced that a new species of horse fly had been named after pop diva Beyoncé’s bottom. The story generated a real buzz across traditional and social media both in Australia and…
Australian researchers have discovered that a dolphin found in Victoria is its own separate species, distinct from all other dolphins worldwide. The dolphins, found only in Port Phillip Bay and Gippsland…
An estimated 8.7 million species exist on Earth, according to a paper published today in PLoS Biology. The figure is based on a new validated analytical technique that, it’s said, significantly narrows…
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Adjunct Assoc. Professor, The University of Western Australia
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Senior Curator, Terrestrial Vertebrates, Museums Victoria Research Institute
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Associate Professor in Ecology and Environmental Science, Queensland University of Technology
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Senior lecturer, School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, University of Bristol
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Curator of Mammals, Western Australian Museum
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Professor of Conservation and Sustainable Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University
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Ecologist, School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide
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Postdoctoral research associate, Queensland University of Technology
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Emeritus Professor, University of Cape Town
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Senior Lecturer in Ancient DNA, University of Otago
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Team Leader, Species Interactions, Atlas of Living Australia, UNSW Sydney
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Research scientist, Technical University Braunschweig
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Director, Environment Institute, University of Adelaide
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Postdoctoral researcher, Neufeld Lab, University of Waterloo
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Research Program Leader in Environmental Biotechnology and Genomics, CSIRO
