Phylogenetic classification and evolutionary analysis have transformed the study of biodiversity by shifting from traditional rank-based systems to a framework centred on shared ancestry and descent.

The Acanthaceae, a diverse family of predominantly tropical flowering plants, has long been subdivided on the basis of morphological characters into tribes and subtribes. Traditional groupings have ...

Termites have a bad reputation. Most think of them as pests, a status that isn't helped by their recent reclassification into the cockroach family. But not only do the termites that cause serious ...

In the quest to decipher the evolutionary relationships of extinct organisms from fossils, researchers often face challenges in discerning key features from weathered fossils, or with prioritizing ...

In the quest to decipher the evolutionary relationships of extinct organisms from fossils, researchers often face challenges in discerning key features from weathered fossils, or with prioritizing ...