Tag: Taxonomy
After 10 years of work, landmark study reveals new ‘tree of life’ for all birds living today
The extinction of the dinosaurs sparked an explosion of bird species, according to the largest-ever study of bird genetics.
We thought we’d find 200 species living in our house and yard. We were very wrong
An ecologist, a mathematician and a taxonomist were locked down together in a suburban house. So they counted all the species of plants and animals they could find.
We need a single list of all life on Earth – and most taxonomists now agree on how to start
Only after a species is identified and listed by taxonomists can it be protected. Yet we still don’t have one globally agreed-upon list of every species. A new 74-nation survey points to the solution.
We discovered three new species of marsupial. Unfortunately, they're already extinct
We found three previously unknown species of mulgaras hiding in museum collections – but all three have been driven to extinction since European colonisation of Australia.
Two new Australian mammal species just dropped – and they are very small
The tiny, mouse-like planigales are some of the smallest marsupials around – and there are two more species of them than anybody realised.
