In Hidrobiologica March 2008 researchers from El Colegia de la Frontera Sur, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, Iztapalapa, Mexico, describe a new species of Cladocera from temporary pools in a semi-desert region….
…newly analyzed for this study) representing about 60 species. Their data set encompasses most of the important human and animal filarioid parasites, including Wuchereria bancrofti and Brugia malayi, agents of…
…in Denmark, United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Russia, and New Zealand report on non-destructive recovery of diagnostic DNA from ancient insect specimens. As an aside, PLoS ONE is an important…
…isolating mechanisms in speciation” (ie DNA barcoding highlights an interesting group for further study). Like explorers mapping new territory, Schmidt and Sperling’s study creates a map that can be used…
…six orders (this included 20 COI and 60 cytochrome b sequences; 12 of the latter were newly obtained in this study). As there are about 2500 named dinoflagellate species, this…
…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….