Catalogue of Organisms

The Staphylinidae, commonly known as the rove beetles, are one of the most diverse of the recognised beetle families. Indeed, thanks to thei...

The concept of ranks in taxonomy is ultimately an arbitrary one. There is no real definition of what constitutes an 'order', a '...

Spend a bit of time following discussions of nature documentaries and other popular representations of biodiversity, and one topic you'r...

As noted on this site before , the Actinobacteria are one of the most significant groups of bacteria in the terrestrial environment. Among t...

I have referred in the past to there being something of a divide in approaches to the classification of the Foraminifera. This divide arises...

Within the last few decades, we've developed a reasonably good idea of what are the primary subdivisions of gastropods alive today. One ...

Something I've referred to before but only (I think) in passing is that, among the enormous diversity of bees that inhabit this world, t...