During a biodiversity survey around the historic Flemish town of Damme, a large Fragilariforma taxon was observed in a small pond that could not be identified using the currently available literature....

The Proto-Earth was formed about 4.5 billion years ago. For about 100 million years, it marked time, dutifully circling round the sun, waiting for

Today molecular data is part of many biological studies, including taxonomic works. Such data is embraced by taxonomists for good reasons. When combined with comparative morphology, palaeontology, and...

Commentary is provided on the use of barcoding and metabarcoding in diatom studies and its broader relevance to the principles of taxonomy. The claims that taxonomy, however it is performed, is time-....

Welcome to the new eJournals. Scientific Journals Online! eJournals is not only an online publishing platform but also a team of experienced professionals from the Jagiellonian University Press, offe...

In honour of the two hundredth birthday of naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace (1823–1913) we present a transcription and analysis of the plan for Wallace's unrealized final book. Recently come to light,...

The positive side of the extinction crisis