Name a Species

Name a Species offers you the opportunity to have a newly described species named after you!

The diversity of life on earth is astounding, but shockingly most of the species which have lived on the earth over the billions of years of the planet’s history have gone undescribed and unnamed. Scientists around the world work to understand our natural world and describe the life that has inhabited it in the past, as well as the numerous undescribed species inhabiting exotic tropical rainforests, coral reefs, and even the soil beneath our feet today.

But scientists cannot do so without your help and support. In partnership with scientists at renowned universities around the world, we are offering the opportunity to have a newly discovered and described species named after you or a loved one, while supporting the important work of discovery at the same time.