4 Species of Giraffe Explained: How Scientists Rethought the Classification of Giraffa

For over 200 years, there has been just one species of giraffe, Giraffa camelopardalis. This unmistakable African animal is ...
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Do species exist? : principles of taxonomic classification / Werner Kunz

Are species constructs of the human mind? -- Why is there a species problem? -- Is the biological species a class or is it an individual? -- What are traits in taxonomy? -- Diversity within the ...
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Outdoors Q&A: Do Osprey Have Their Own Taxonomic Classification?

Q: Do osprey have their own taxonomic classification? A: Yes, osprey are the only species in the Pandionidae family in the entire world. They are also the only raptor with a unique foot morphology ...
THE WEEK

The difficult job of defining a species

Taxonomy, or the naming of species, is surprisingly complicated – and contentious. It doesn't take much scientific expertise to divide lions from tigers, or pigeons from flamingos, but details count ...
CMS Wire

Auto-Classification: Friend or Foe of Taxonomy Management?

Ah, metadata and taxonomies: what’s not to love? Ask your content creators and you’ll be told loud and clear: having to apply said metadata and taxonomies to content through tagging. Although rich and ...
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Current Evidence Supports Classification of Red Wolf as a Distinct Species, Report Says; Mexican Gray Wolf Is a Valid Subspecies of Gray Wolf

Evaluating the Taxonomic Status of the Mexican Gray Wolf and the Red Wolf, a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. The report also concludes that the Mexican ...
The Conversation

How a scientific spat over how to name species turned into a big plus for nature

Stephen Garnett receives funding from International Union for Biological Sciences, the Australian Research Council and the National Environment Science Program Les Christidis receives funding from the ...
EurekAlert!

Crustacean with panda-like coloring confirmed to be a new species

A new species of amphipod with a unique panda pattern was found in the intertidal zone of the Japanese coast. The discovery of the Melita panda highlights the importance of studying species taxonomy, ...