herpetology

I had not heard of the concept of taxonomic vandalism until I read this story. Apparently there are some unscrupulous taxonomists who steal the research of other people to name species before the researchers can. They use loopholes in the taxonomy code and non-peer-reviewed blogs to name the...

New Year, new challenge! We are now on the seventh installment of this competition and every year I face my own challenge of coming up with a new group of animals that are engaging for participants, well represented in zoos around most of the world (with Oceania usually getting snubbed...