…South America and the Caribbean. In 11 February 2011 ZooKeys (open access) researchers from Smithsonian Institution, Ocean Science Foundation, and Nova Southeastern University describe 7 new western Atlantic Starksia species…
DNA barcoding is an exciting new approach to taxonomy that will have profound value for studies of environment and evolution. PHE Guest Investigator Mark Stoeckle took the lead in preparing…
The media have much coverage of the new paper Extending full-plate tectonic models into deep time and its marvelous visualization of a billion years of movement of the Earth’s continents…
…the effectiveness of DNA barcodes in distinguishing North American birds. In addition, several probable new species were found, suggesting that a global survey of birds utilizing museum specimens could rapidly…
A lively new ocean news site, Terramar’s Daily Catch, reports on a recent paper about biomass and diversity from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge team of the Census of Marine Life….
…webpages with content, remarkable progress since the first release in February 2008. Congratulations to the far-flung EOL team! A sample of news coverage comes from the Guardian in the UK…
For a lively summary of the latest news from the Census of Marine Life, including still images and videos, visit the news release about “hard-to-see” creatures. Learn about a carpet…