There is a contemporary trend in many major research institutions to de‐emphasize the
importance of natural history education in favor of theoretical, laboratory, or simulation …

The ever-increasing human footprint even in very remote places on Earth has inspired
efforts to document biodiversity vigorously in case organisms go extinct. However, the data …

Natural history museums are unique spaces for interdisciplinary research and educational
innovation. Through extensive exhibits and public programming and by hosting rich …

The term “taxonomic impediment” is widely used in the biodiversity literature. The taxonomic
impediment consists of several problems: the incomplete knowledge of the largely unknown …

 Abstract In Italy, differently from other countries, a national museum of natural history is not
present. This absence is due, among other reasons, to its historical political fragmentation …

Abstract The Guinean forests of West Africa (GFWA) region is of highest conservation value
in Africa and worldwide. The aims of this review are to systematically identify and collate …

Combining genetic, morphological and geographical data, we re-evaluate Sciurus
meridionalis, Lucifero 1907 as a tree squirrel species. The species, previously considered a …

The herpetological collections of the Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical, Lisbon, are
amongst the most important collections from the former Portuguese territories in Africa and …

Old and new challenges in taxonomy: 1. How is alpha taxonomy coping with Natural History
Museum staff and funding shortages? 2. Is alpha taxonomy being falsely portrayed as: the …

Simple Summary Museums play an important role in research by providing specimens of
animals collected across time and space. Traditionally, these collections were used mainly …