Many new names sounded as if they’d been cooked up by a medieval monk. HIV-1 would henceforth be known as Lentivirus ...

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Modern scrub mints, delicate flowering plants that grow mostly in Florida, likely result from ancient hybridization, ...

Imagine discovering a tiny orchid perched on a tree branch in a forest. It resembles an orchid you've seen before, but ...

As per taxonomic rules, the species from Norfolk Island retained the name Adelopetalum argyropus because it was the first ...

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 ...

So far, 658 free-living marine nematodes have been recorded in India. Jacob is among the few taxonomists studying nematodes and other meiofauna in the country. Currently pursuing her postdoctoral ...

The genetics behind the alternating sexes of walnut trees has been revealed by biologists at UC Davis. The research — ...

Fish, shrimps and crabs threatened by pollution and land use changes, study involving over 1,000 scientists concludes ...

the Davis Botanical Society and the American Society of Plant Taxonomists. This work made use of trees from the UC Davis Putah Creek Riparian Reserve; Gene Cripe of Turlock, Calif.; USDA Wolfskill ...

Rare Order Neuroptera species Glenochrysa zeylanica and Indophanes barbara discovered in Kerala by Shadpada Entomology ...

Not every job can be thrilling, but some are so stable and high-paying that the boredom might just be worth it. People on ...