The classification of animal groups is essential to the development of modern biology—but it's extremely complicated. Trying to shoehorn the messy, complicated web of interrelationships that is ...

Hidden inside the human body, scientists have uncovered thousands of bizarre RNA loops unlike anything in biology. These ...

Quick Take The official 4-species status was achieved only after reviewing recent genetic, morphological, and biogeographic ...

The scientific name of the goat is Capra hircus. Explore goat taxonomy, different types of goats, and goat vs sheep.

The leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae) are one of the most species-rich family of herbivorous beetles with about 45,000 species worldwide. Based on the contributions of chrysomelidologists to the Taxonomic ...

The scientific name of rabbit is Oryctolagus cuniculus. Explore its classification and the popular rabbit breeds and family ...

The Division of Natural Resources recently launched a new citizen science project to track eastern newts across the state.

An environmental advocacy group that seeks to protect endangered species is suing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to force ...

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 ...

A young girl welcoming you inside a zoo, inside of which are a walrus and a zebra, and a horse Classification is the process of organising living things into categories. These categories help us to ...

Requirements classification, which organizes software requirements into structured categories, is crucial in safety-critical domains such as aerospace. However, practical implementation is challenging ...

The code and database described here will allow you to obtain a taxonomic label for your viral genome(s) based on the Unified Human Gut Virome (UHGV) taxonomy. The UHGV is a comprehensive and deeply ...