Academy Frontiers is the member magazine of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University.
In this issue of Academy Frontiers, Malacology Collection Manager Paul Callomon writes, “The study of ecosystem-wide effects like pollution and climate change relies
on knowing which organisms are where and when, and as species come and go, it is essential that they be reliably identified.” His piece details instances in which
new species have been found in the collections decades after they were added. In truth, accurate records of all the specimens in scientific collections are the key to
understanding how short- and long-term population changes relate to global-scale problems such as extinction and climate change.
