Why Scientific Nomenclature is So Important: Q&A With ICZN Commissioner Frank Krell
By Josh Lancette In 2015, the Entomological Society of America journals became compliant with the requirements of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (“the Code”), which is produced by the […]
How to Describe a New Species: Getting into the “Spuh Nov” Club
By Dominic Evangelista One of my life-long dreams has been to discover and describe a species previously unknown to science. It’s something a lot of aspiring naturalists dream about. However, […]
Entomologists Support Specimen Collections as Vital Component of Research
In April, 2014 an article called “Avoiding (Re)extinction” was published in Science magazine that said that collecting biological could “magnify the extinction risk” for some species, and that alternatives such […]
Is it Honey Bee or HoneyBee? Bed Bug or Bedbug? House Fly or Housefly?
Why do entomologists spell some insect names differently? It's related to taxonomy.