Species Hall of Fame

Dewey, or don't we?

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2025 14:46

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Great necessities, baffling priorities, and taxonomic leadership

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2025 30:14

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2058: A Terrible Parable

Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2025 23:10

Unless we change course, returning support to taxonomy as an independent science, we risk a future of biodiversity decimation and permanent ignorance… This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit qwheeler.substack.com

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DNA barcodes, morphology, and a damned dog

Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2025 15:25

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Species Identification, Character Illiteracy, and Romance Novels

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2025 12:00

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Optimism, Obstinance and Opportunity

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2025 21:59

As unthinkably awful as the coming mass extinction event is, it does have a positive side. It is time to focus on what can be learned and gained, as well as the millions of species that will be lost. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit qwheeler.substack.com

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Much ado about very little

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2024 12:04

Molecular-based taxonomy is almost purely utilitarian, a non-taxonomist's idea of taxonomy. But the ability to identify species about which almost nothing is known is a hollow, unambitious goal unworthy of the intellectual traditions, scientific accomplishments, and fantastic potential of systematic biology. Molecular data has great value when synthesized with evidence from morphology, fossils and ontogeny; but pursued alone, as exemplified by DNA barcodes and minimalist taxonomy, molecular systematics is much ado about very little. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit qwheeler.substack.com

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Removing the roadblocks and disincentives in taxonomy's way

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2024 14:45

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A tale of two utopias

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2024 18:07

ReferencesGaffney, E. 1979. An introduction to the logic of phylogeny reconstruction, pp. 19-111 in J. Cracraft & N. Eldredge, Phylogenetic Analysis and Paleontology. New York: Columbia University Press.Nimis, P.L. 2001. A tale from bioutopia. Nature 413: 21.Pyle, R.L. 2016. Towards a global names architecture: the future of indexing scientific names. ZooKeys 550: 261-281.Sandall, E.L. et al. 2022. A globally integrated structure of taxonomy supporting biodiversity science and conservation. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 38: 1143-1153. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit qwheeler.substack.com

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Needs and misdeeds

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2024 10:36

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Saving Systematics: Taxonomy does not exist to identify species

Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2024 11:57

Taxonomy does not exist to identify species. Species may be identified because taxonomy exists. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit qwheeler.substack.com

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Saving Systematics: Professionals

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2024 11:02

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Saving Systematics: Mission to Planet Earth

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2024 17:10

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Saving Systematics: Courage of Purpose

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2024 13:05

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Saving Systematics: Clarity of Vision

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2024 10:36

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Put Up Your Dukes!

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2024 11:10

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Will the real taxonomy please stand up?

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2024 16:21

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A holiday toast: "To systematics!"

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2023 7:44

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DNA, C.S. Lewis, and chronological snobbery

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2023 9:20

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Nails, nails everywhere

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2023 9:17

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A Red List of Taxonomic Ignorance

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2023 9:55

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Two bees or not two bees, that is the question

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2023 6:39

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The Dangerfield Effect

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2023 8:49

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Lies, damned lies, and DNA barcoding

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2023 13:41

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The and All Natural History Museums: Purpose, Leadership and Responsibilities

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2023 16:08

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Yogi Berra and taxonomy's destination

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2023 8:58

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Systematics, AI and Frankenstein

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2023 12:20

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Silent no longer

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2023 14:20

ReferenceLöbl, I., Klausnitzer, B., Hartmann, M., and F.-T. Krell. 2023. The silent extinction of species and taxonomists—An appeal to science policymakers and legislators. Diversity 15, 1053, 17 pp. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit qwheeler.substack.com

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Right on Kew

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2023 14:22

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Natural history museums: Differentiate and lead, or conform and follow?

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2023 11:11

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Coyne of the scientific realm

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2023 8:47

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Maximalist taxonomy

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2023 16:02

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Taxonomy for dummies

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2023 11:28

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Weird, wonderful... and bloated

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2023 4:58

Photographs of Austrospirachtha carrijoi (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae): (A) lateral and (B) dorsal, from Zootaxa 5336:42-432 (2023), by permission of Dr. Bruno Zilberman. See newsletter for complete citation. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit qwheeler.substack.com

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Coyne of the scientific realm

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2023 8:00

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Living fossils... or not

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2023 8:53

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Living fossil

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2023 5:01

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Riddle me this...

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2023 6:20

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Sex, lice and videotape

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2023 5:42

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Tails from the deep

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2023 4:14

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Eelpouts, seamounts, and ice cream

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2023 5:03

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DiSSCo Fever

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2023 10:41

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Species, Science and Society: Epilogue, Part IV

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2023 9:42

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S3 Shameless Self-Promotion, Part III

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2023 6:15

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S3 Countdown: Shameless Self-Promotion, Part II

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2023 6:04

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S3 Countdown: Shameless Self-Promotion, Part I

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2023 6:25

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Collecting, compassion and knowledge

Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2023 12:00

Further ReadingByrne, Allison Q. (2023) Reimagining the future of natural history museums with compassionate collection. PLOS Biology, 4 May.Byrne, Allison Q. website [https://www.alliebyrne.com/] This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit qwheeler.substack.com

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