Interestingly, Florida and California can brag about their total number of tree species which were, and are, transported into these states from all over the world. One may cringe when someone asks ...

For the first time, scientists have created a comprehensive evolutionary tree of all known bird species, synthesizing data ...

The ESA currently protects approximately 1,700 domestic and 700 foreign species. The chart below includes all animal species currently listed under the ESA. Please see the key below for an explanation ...

A species is ... now known as Linnaean taxonomy. This was the idea that every organism could be classified into increasingly specific groups, culminating in its species. All species also belong ...

At the most basic level, human evolution is articulated through classifications of, and evolutionary relationships among, hominin species. This article presents a basic taxonomy and phylogeny of ...

The chart shows the relative ups and downs in species counts, telling scientists about the origin, diversification, and extinction of ancient life. With this new study, the chart of life now ...

“As a result, all taxa, and taxonomy, are abstract to some degree. As our understanding of the world changes, we have to adjust our ideas to better fit the facts.” The northern bald ibis is an ...

According to the official record of species names ... By the numbers, Hoser is a taxonomy maven. Between 2000 and 2012 alone, Hoser named three-quarters of all new genera and subgenera of snakes; ...