AFTER a somewhat long delay, the second and concluding part of this work has appeared, and may be cordially welcomed. Like the first, it follows the system of Engler, but in a general and not in any ...

Carly Allen-Fletcher has drawn a picture of the Big Picture, turning her imagination to the six classifications of life forms that scientists call kingdoms: plants, animals, fungi, protists, bacteria ...

Taxonomy: it is a word that suggests a scientific approach to naming organisms and then to classifying them into convenient groups. The ancient Greeks, for a time, thought that all the plants of the ...

Linnaeus' ordered universe has influenced many generations of prominent scientists, including Charles Darwin and Gregor Mendel. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

To find the island with the most known plant species in the world, head to New Guinea. Not only is New Guinea home to feathered marvels like birds of paradise and cassowaries, the island is also ...