Yes and no: It depends on how you classify animals. There are two main classification systems – the Linnaean system which groups organisms by characteristics and the phylogenetics system, which ...

The Library's Linnaean collection is due chiefly to the efforts of Basil H Soulsby (1864–1933) who took charge of the Museum's General Library in 1920. By the time he retired 10 years later, Soulsby ...

If you're wondering whether birds are reptiles, know this: The reptile family tree is more varied and diverse than you might realize.

Yet this classification system overlooks something that can reveal a lot more about an organism: its genes. From the 1940s, ...

Learn about the classification of animals with these interactive learning resources for KS2 Science students aged 7-11 from BBC Bitesize.

If the members of the Linnaean Society of New-York should meet any poisonous snakes to-day in the agricultural districts of this city lying between the Battery and Harlem, they will know how to ...