http://www.mnh.si.edu/ In Celebration of the Exhibition of the 1st Edition of Linnaeus' Systema Naturae - Tuesday, November 13, 2007 Scientists around the world are ...
Rudbeckia hirta. Solanum lycopersicum. Acer saccharum. Have you ever seen these names on plant tags or seed packets and wondered where they came from? We can thank Carl Linnaeus for taxonomy, the ...
Classification is a natural human propensity—we organize our clothes, our kitchen cupboards, and our toys. This applies to the natural world, too, where animals and plants are grouped based on ...
Kevin de Queiroz, a zoologist and curator at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History backs a movement to change the way we name species. I quoted him in a story on Carolus Linnaeus, who's ...
NEW YORK – Biodiversity crusaders Peter H. Raven and Edward O. Wilson received Linnaean Legacy Awards Nov. 6 for their extraordinary contributions to taxonomy and the exploration and classification of ...
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16,000 new species discovered every year: a record!
Every year, scientists add thousands of new names to the great book of life. This momentum was initiated by the work of ...
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