ICZN
in the news...
Codes
must be updated so that names are known to all (Nature 447,
142, 10 May 2007: Quentin D. Wheeler & Frank T. Krell)
Spreading
the word (15 March 2007; Keeping track of a new
species is a growing challenge for modern taxonomists. Sandra
Knapp, Andrew Polaszek (ICZN) and Mark Watson make the case
for electronic publication of scientific names, Nature 446,
published online 14 March 2007).
An
Exquisite New Species found on Ebay (Chris Vallance,
4 September 2006 Dr Simon Coppard has an unusual claim to fame:
he's identified a new species of sea urchin, but he did so not
by dredging the depths of the sea, but by trawling the pages
of the auction website Ebay, BBC
Radio FIVE LIVE)
New
species of sea urchin found in eBay auctions (19
August 2006, From magazine issue 2565 News: They say you can
get anything on the internet auction site - it now seems you
can even discover new marine species, New
Scientist).
New
urchin leaves eBayers all at sea (Helen O'Brien,
17 August 2006, Guardian
Unlimited).
Electronic
ark to hold all known animal species (17
August 2006; It's being called a 'genome project' for
zoology, the field's equivalent to the Moon landing. ZooBank,
an online database of all known animal species, was launched
on 10 August (www.zoobank.org) Nature 437, Published
online: 16 August 2006).
Zoologists
bank on database (Mark Chillingworth, 10 Apr
2006: An open access register for animal taxonomy will offer
a free online resource for checking animal names and registering
new species. Information
World Review, online publictaion).
Nom
d' un cafard, c'est la jungle (Name of a cockroach,
it is the jungle; Corinine Bensimon, 27 May 2006: Bushi,
rumsfeldi, cheneyi... Chaque année, 15 000 espèces
sont découvertes et baptisées en toute liberté.
Des chercheurs proposent de créer le premier registre
d'état civil des animaux, ZooBank, Liberation.fr).
Names
for sale (11 February, 2006: The ancient science
of taxonomy might benefit from a little modern marketing, The
Economist [print edition]).
Today
we have naming
of parts (9 February 2006: A global registry
of animal species could shake up taxonomy, The
Economist [print edition]).
Conserving
our chimp cousins (28 January 2006, The
Guardian).
Record
haul of 20,000 new species expected (Robin McKie
and Zoe Corbyn, 25 September 2005: Wildlife is discovered as
habitats are destroyed and it has nowhere to run, The
Observer).
Online
database to catalogue animal life (Emma Young, 24
September 2005, Magazine issue 2518: A planned global online
system called ZooBank will spread the news of new species and
may help prevent fraudsters registering bogus species, New
Scientist).
Single
register for new-found species urged (Tim Radford,
22 September 2005, The
Guardian).
A
universal register for animal names (22 September
2005, Andrew Polaszek and colleagues propose an open-access web-register
for animal names, which they believe is vital to move taxonomy
into the twenty-first century, Commentary, Nature 437,
477.
US
President inspires name for slime-mould beetle (Andy
Coghlan James Randerson, 23 April 2005,, Magazine issue 2496:
George W Bush, Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld have all been "honoured" by
having a species of fungus-scrabbling beetle named after them, New
Scientist).
