The taxonomic literature is a rich, high quality, and largely untapped source of biodiversity knowledge. Taxonomy helps us recognize species and map their distributions through text descriptions, images, and records of when and where they have been observed... more

When Jérôme Constant published yesterday his taxonomic article on eurybrachid planthopper insects in the European Journal of Taxonomy... more

The Thursday November 29, 2018 (doi) issue of the Neue Zürcher Zeitung includes a “Gastkommentar” by me (Donat Agosti)... more

When an 'ex banker' - Tim Robertson - meets an 'ex taxonomist' - Donat Agosti... more

Happy Birthday Zookeys, and congratulations to Pensoft, its innovator and publisher... more

Plazi has received a grant of EUR 1.1 million from Arcadia – the charitable fund of Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin – to liberate data... more

In 1992, I wrote an article in the followup of the Rio Earth Summit in the Swiss newspaper Neue Zürcher Zeitung… more

In 1992, I wrote an article in the followup of the Rio Earth Summit in the Swiss newspaper Neue Zürcher Zeitung... more

The wealth of data encapsulated in scientific publications is a well-guarded secret. The recent discussions around Open Access are... more

Open Science is based on open data. Data per se is not copyrighted and thus freely accessible. However... more