The Dodo and its extinct sister species, the Solitaire, are iconic exemplars of the destructive
capabilities of humanity. These secondarily terrestrial columbids became extinct within a …

Botanical and zoological nomenclatures provide some of the most stable pillars of modern
science. These pillars are now being shaken by the proliferation of ideological concerns …

Like many other fields, ornithology and birding are addressing their legacy of colonialism,
including re‐examining their naming practices. Discussions about eponyms, when species …

Following the discussion initiated by the opinion article by Guedes et al.(2023)“Eponyms
have no place in 21st-century biological nomenclature” published in Nature Ecology & …

Standardized taxonomies and lists of birds were created to improve communication. They
are linguistic infrastructure―biodiversity indices and dictionaries―that have been …

The fundamental value of universal nomenclatural systems in biology is that they enable
unambiguous scientific communication. However, the stability of these systems is threatened …

Background A discussion on social media led to the formation of a multidisciplinary group
working on this project to highlight women's contributions to science. The role of …

Among the stories on individual examples of charismatic fauna, there are also extinction
stories that evoke databases and their aesthetics in how they list endangered species. At the …

The fundamental value of universal nomenclatural systems in biology, and the key to their
success, is that they have enabled unambiguous scientific communication among and …

Following the set of informal proposals by Wright and Gillman (2022) to modify the
International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (ICN, the Code: Turland et …