Animal systematics and taxonomy provide the fundamental framework for understanding the immense diversity of animal life. By integrating traditional morphological evaluation with modern molecular ...

All placozoans are superficially identical. But comparative genomic data reveals the presence of different genera. This is the first time that a new animal genus has been defined solely by genomics.

It's right there in the name: The Endangered Species Act is meant to protect endangered species of animals. Emphasis on species. "Or they have to be a sub-species, or for vertebrates, they can be a ...

Carl Linnaeus was probably not the first scientist to realize the inherent connectedness of life on this planet. But he articulated and codified it. In the 10th edition of his Systema Naturae, ...

Six animals pulled from the deep ocean were so biologically distinct that researchers had to create entirely new taxonomic ...

Researchers keep pulling unnamed animals from the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, a vast stretch of abyssal Pacific seafloor between ...

In an appropriations bill passed in March, Congress directed the USFWS to obtain an independent assessment on the taxonomic status of the red wolf and the Mexican gray wolf—both of which are listed as ...

Animal systematics and taxonomy constitute the scientific frameworks by which the diversity of animal life is discovered, described and organised. Taxonomy provides the rules and conventions for ...

Up until quite recently, the animal phylum Placozoa enjoyed a unique position in animal systematics. It was the only phylum to which only a single species had ever been assigned: Trichoplax adhaerens.