Seventeen new species of plant bugs—a group of insects with a strawlike mouth used to feed on plant and animal matter—have ...

In 2022, researchers made a startling discovery in the Izu-Ogasawara Trench south of Japan. At a staggering depth of 8,336 ...

But without taxonomists and curators to do this, the collection soon begins to lose value. At Kew we’re approaching the end of complete reorganisation of the Herbarium, based on new understanding of ...

In a statement, DENR cited the publication by plant taxonomists led by Filipino researcher Maverick N. Tamayo and Texas-based ...

For plants the binomial name also includes the name of the person who first published that Latin name. This name however is ...

Nov. 4, 2024 — A research team has discovered two remarkable species of bacteria in the tissue of two deep-sea corals from the Gulf of Mexico. These previously unknown symbionts of the corals ...

A new species of blueberry, Vaccinium fallax, has been discovered on Mt. Apo, highlighting the mountain's rich biodiversity ...

We’re driving toward a lake on the south side of Mount Hood, cruising slowly and peering into the forest, when suddenly she hits the brakes, jumps out of the car, and runs up the hillside. I see her ...

Six wild birds recorded in Britain and Ireland are to be relegated to subspecies status, as ornithologists from the Working ...

Formed in 2018, the WGAC began reconciling the differences between the three taxonomies in February 2021. The working group includes ornithologists and taxonomists from 11 institutions, including ...

Many taxonomists include them in the same genus and species Acacia koa. They share the same yellow puff flowers but the low spreading shape of the koai’a make her a desirable choice. If you are ...