I saw this posting on Indeed. It's for a Taxonomist and is remote. It's requiring an MLIS and looks to be a non library job that actually knows what an MLIS is. https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=0c64567a2c5d100b&tk=1fksdrb8du1cj801&from=serp&vjs=3
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I know what Taxonomist do, but I'm wondering what kind of work I can expect to do, and how much demand there is for a Taxonomist. I'm going into the 12th grade and I've already taken a mandatory biology class.
My boyfriend is having a rough time right now and I remember that he was trying to figure out what this word meant in his soil taxonomy class.
He's just gone to bed, so I'm trying to find the definition to surprise him--but although I can find references to it in some places, there's never a definition. Does anybody know what that means, or where I can find it?
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It seems like this sub skews more towards art and cultural heritage museums? Anybody on here work in a natural history museum? I'd love to commiserate.
I'm an invertebrate taxonomist by calling. I've named new species and feel privileged that I have one of those rare jobs curating a natural history museum, and doing taxonomic work, in an era when everyone says how terrible it is that the world is losing taxonomists, but nobody wants to fund the work. I curate a small marine natural history collection, even if we had to supplement our operating costs with consulting contracts. Or at least I used to. Shortly before COVID hit, we lost our federal funding and mandate, and in one fell swoop, our museum was transformed into a "specimen warehouse".
So now I'm looking at my other options. It's the taxonomy side of things that interests me more than the curation, although I have those skills too. For those of you in natural history museums, are there people at your institutes who do taxonomic research? Or is it mostly just collections management, cataloguing and preservation, and exhibits, with maybe a series of visiting post-docs.
Should I try to stay with museums, or cut my losses and switch to environmental consulting or fisheries management?
I'd love to hear your stories. Or just geek out over your taxonomic specialization with you.
Are some traps trans, or are some trans' traps?
We should have our definitions correct when using truth.
Hi all, I work in the field of information organization and I've been thinking about the Murder Accountability Project and their datasets since I first heard about them and their amazing work on the Murder Squad. I'd like to use my skills as a taxonomist/ontologist to help better organize the data. I believe a well designed ontology will unleash the power of data and identify/suggest possible connections that are invisible/unnoticed by human eyes. I'd like to sniff out people with background/training/knowledge in taxonomy/ontology/metadata and related fields to discuss this idea further.
I found a wild plant in the mountains that had mutated from its original form with beautiful colours. It had reproduced in isolation, and appears to be sustaining a new population of this mutated plant on its own.
I was given advice to approach an expert in the area with this exciting news and the organization I contacted requested photos and location of the specimen. I emphasized that it would be exciting to be involved in the process of cataloguing, however, since bridging contact, I haven't heard back from them after providing the information.
Curious whether it's up to the individual taxonomist to ultinately decide the extent of the discoverer's involvement? Do I have any say in this now that I've given this information up? Mostly seeking advice and anecdotes for this interesting journey.
Most of us have heard that crocodiles and alligators have “not evolved” for over millions of years. Of course they have, I assume, at least in some ways, but how are we sure they’re pretty much “the same” as they would have been MYA?
I know that sounds wild or weird, but since I read the manga (chp 16). I can think Lindel's Master as nothing else than taxonomist.
She loves to name things (living things), and all the vibes really remind me of old fashion taxonomists in Natural history museums. I wonder how Kore sensei got the idea for this character?
In Ubisoft Club last challenge I have is Taxonomist which is described as: "Catalog every creature, robot, and ship in your Database"
Has anyone completed this yet and if so is it possible without buying all ships for the game?
Do they need to observe a certain amount of the same organism to ensure they are not looking at a single mutant species? Do they have to watch it reproduce? What kind of tests need to be done? How are their findings officially made a species?
Basically there's many things I want answered, I just don't know what the questions are. How does naming a new species usually start and finish is what I'm after.
