We don't know what this tiny ground spider calls itself. But we humans should refer to it by its official taxanomic identifier, which is Hotwheels sisyphus. It lives in southwestern China and is one of three recently cla...

Scientists announced the discovery of 15 new species of spiders this week. They are native to the Caribbean, and were given taxonomical names that referenced several famous people, including Bernie Sanders, Leonardo DiCa...

(Image: Jonathan W. Arbuster/Disney)Peckoltia greedoi is a newly-classified species of suckermouth armored catfish found in the Gurupi River of Brazil. Jonathan W. Armbruster, David C. Werneke, and Milton Tan, who are re...

Look at this bird. You may recognize it as an American robin, a common bird whose appearance is a sign of spring. You might be surprised to know that this bird’s scientific name is Turdus migratorious. There’...

This dinosaur was named the Godzilla lizard: Gojirasaurus quayi. But Gojirasaurus is far from the only species named for fictional characters. There are species, both existing and extinct, named after Batman, Han Solo, c...

The following is an article from the Annals of Imp...  ...pre- Darwinian methods of inquiry.The Need for a TaxonomyConservationists have highlighted the importance of documenting ex...  ...own complete resistance to revising the Pokémon taxonomy . Further complicating the issue is the fact that...  ...kept as...

[caption id="attachment_67950" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Eosimias"][/caption] We learned that humans evolved from earlier primates in Africa and then spread around the world. But what about those earlier...

The science of naming species comes with a few...  ...Yes it is. And that's just one of 17 examples of taxonomy

(Image credit: Flickr user Karen Mae Farro) Evidence of Convergence in Hominid Evolution by Edward C. Theriot, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Arthur E. Bogan, Freshwater Molluscan Research,...

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