Every year, scientists add thousands of new names to the great book of life. This momentum was initiated by the work of ...

New species are being discovered faster than ever before - at a rate of more than 16,000 every year, suggests a new study.

The writer has won the prestigious award in the Biography category with ‘Every Living Thing,’ the story of a confrontation between two great scientists that defined modern biology Jason Roberts, ...

In the 18th century, the Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus set out to classify life, creating a system of taxonomy that still endures. But, as Firelei Báez – an artist from the Dominican Republic, based ...

Swedish botanist Carl (or Carolus) Linnaeus is, by some measures, the most influential person ever to have lived. He is famous for devising new systems for naming and grouping all living organisms, as ...

Founded in 1921, Society for Science & the Public's mission is to advance public understanding and appreciation of scienceamong people of all ages through publications and educational programs. A ...

In 2000, the first draft of PhyloCode was made public, an alternative naming code that does not follow Linnaean rankings and is based on the phylogenetic relationships of taxa in cladograms. In this ...

If you're wondering whether birds are reptiles, know this: The reptile family tree is more varied and diverse than you might realize. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

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Two recent calamities, geographically distanced, began in the death of trees. A landslide annihilated two villages of Wayanad district in Kerala. Two oceans west, in Brazil, a new viral disease ...