The 100th anniversary of the publication of ‘The Biosphere’, written by the first President of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, Volodymyr Vernadsky, is a time to appreciate the interconnected nature of life on our planet. The extraordinary and beguiling diversity of life on planet Earth has, for a long time, challenged people to make sense of it all. Even Greek philosopher Aristotle, over two thousand years ago, made a gallant attempt to classify all animals based on their appearances. JOIN