Taxonomy is the classification and description of living organisms. It includes the naming and defining of species, and the collation of data about their biology and biogeography.

The truffles — a type of fungi found across the globe and revered as rare culinary delicacies — have since been studied ...

This contributes to the debate on correctly classifying this species' representatives ... contribute to solving the mystery ...

Linnaeus' original ideas have been adapted, but continued to be accepted and as new species are identified they can be fitted into the current classification system. As more scientific equipment ...

That farmer can snap a picture, use a smartphone or computer to feed the photo into a web-based application called InsectNet ...

Many known hominin fossils defy species classification ... these remains have been confused for a variety of taxonomic representations, but note that differences in the cranium (spoiler: it ...

Over the years, Linnaeus revised this classification system, which soon became a huge, multivolume work. It grouped all species into higher categories, known as taxa: genera, orders, classes and ...

Bye-eeee! He explains his new classification system, which is known as taxonomy, and how it helps us determine what an organism is. The naming is decided by their genus and species. We learn about ...

Science, by definition, is updated as new information is tested. That includes our understanding of species’ taxonomy. It’s unethical for politicians to vilify the scientists who described the snail ...

A taxocene, for example, is a subset of species sharing a common taxonomic classification. The monkeys and apes of Kibale National Park is an example of a taxocene: they are classified within the ...