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International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature

The ICZN in Papers & Press

News and articles involving the ICZN or zoological nomenclature

A new lease of life for the ICZN

Some press links relating to the National University of Singapore hosting the ICZN Secretariat:

Why do taxonomists write the meanest obituaries?

http://nautil.us/issue/66/clockwork/why-do-taxonomists-write-the-meanest-obituaries-rp2 by Ansel Payne, in Nautilus Magazine (November 1 2018)

Want to Name a New Frog? A Whiskered Mouse? An Orchid? Be the Highest Bidder

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/06/science/species-naming-auction-rainforest-trust.html by Julia Jacobs, in the New York Times (December 6, 2018)

Brazil's Museu Nacional fire (2018) - tragic loss of valuable collections

TED Talks by Richard Pyle (ICZN Commissioner and Councillor)

The Wonder World of the Scientific Nomenclature of Living Things [in Slovenian]

Čudežni svet znanstvene nomenklature živih bitij presented by Ambrož Kvartič, in Radio TV Slovenia Frekvenca X Podcast (November 5 2020)

Should we determine species through DNA? (part two)

https://www.theguardian.com/science/audio/2021/apr/01/should-we-determine-species-through-dna-part-two-podcast presented by Patrick Greenfield and Phoebe Weston and produced by Tiffany Cassidy, in The Guardian Newspaper Science Weekly Podcast (April 1 2021)

ICZN is supported by the Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum, National University of Singapore (Company Registration No. 200604346E).
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