The study of cyanobacterial taxonomy and phylogenetics has undergone substantial refinement in recent decades, transitioning from traditional morphology‐based classifications to integrative methods ...

Diatom taxonomy continues to evolve as researchers integrate morphological, molecular and ultrastructural techniques to resolve long‐standing ambiguities in species delimitation. Advances in ...

A Malaysian research team proposed new concepts such as cowvoltaics, sheepvoltaics, goatvoltaics, veggievoltaics, ...

Approximately 25 global experts in virology will review hundreds of proposals for virus classification and naming. These proposals involve grouping newly discovered viruses based on shared properties, ...

Classification is a natural human propensity—we organize our clothes, our kitchen cupboards, and our toys. This applies to the natural world, too, where animals and plants are grouped based on ...

Xenassiminea nana (top) is a novel, rare, molluscan species with a translucent, spiral shell, discovered in mainland Japan. A researcher from Okayama University Japan discusses the anamotical ...

Annual Reviews was founded in 1932 as a nonprofit scientific publisher to help scientists cope with the ever-increasing volume of scientific research. Comprehensive, authoritative, and critical ...

Ah, metadata and taxonomies: what’s not to love? Ask your content creators and you’ll be told loud and clear: having to apply said metadata and taxonomies to content through tagging. Although rich and ...