E21: The Taxonomic Impediment: a special episode in which we talk about the need for more evolutionary biologists

Dr. Jason Bond is the Schlinger Chair in Insect Systematics at the University of California - Davis. He talks to me about a special topic of concern—something called the taxonomic impediment, which is the shortage of trained taxonomists and curators needed to identify, describe, catalog, curate, and organize species and species collections around the world. We talk about why there’s an impediment, and possible ways to overcome the impediment.

You can follow Dr. Jason Bond on Twitter, @Jason_E_Bond, or visit his faculty page https://entomology.ucdavis.edu/people/jason-bond or his lab’s webpage to learn more about him and the research in his lab: https://www.bondlab.org/