By transforming documents of colonial classification into fantastical paintings, the racist imagery of Carl Linnaeus is ...

Discover interesting facts about the origin of the human species and what makes us different from our ape cousins.

The scientific name for house flies has stayed the same since Linnaeus described them in 1758. Fun fact: If an insect is an actual fly, “fly” is written as a separate word. Like house fly or drone fly ...

Most people would call it a "field mouse," but a scientist would ask, "Was it Peromyscus maniculatus? Or Peromyscus leucopus?" ...

May 23 (UPI) --Those born on this date are under the sign of Gemini. They include: -- Scientist Carl Linnaeus in 1707 -- U.S. Army Gen./Sen. Ambrose Burnside in 1824 -- Musician/actor Scatman ...

One animal that I have never been asked to get rid of is hummingbirds. My guess is that hummingbirds must be good guests and don’t outstay their welcome.

Carl Linnaeus thought that too when he was naming it. He was wrong. A hated plant by everyone in the spring when it is blooming is Cottonwood (Populus deltoids). The floating cotton that spread ...

Those born on this date are under the sign of Gemini. They include scientist Carl Linnaeus in 1707; U.S. Army Gen./Sen. Ambrose Burnside in 1824; musician/actor Scatman Crothers in 1910 ...

Swedish botanist Carl (or Carolus) Linnaeus is, by some measures, the most influential person ever to have lived. He is famous for devising new systems for naming and grouping all living organisms ...

Before Madagascar, lemurs lived under the radar. Today, King Julien is a household name and some of us think about his silly ...

Lands inhabited by Indigenous peoples in the tropics host much of the world's biodiversity. An estimated 60 million Indigenous people around the world directly depend on tropical forests for survival, ...