Lichens on stone, those "still explosions" as the great American poet Elizabeth Bishop named them, remain unseen to most, which is remarkable when you consider how commonplace they are. It seems ...

Lichens bridge the living and non-living – understanding them allows us to better see how to conserve our heritage, and also ourselves.

The organizing principle of classical Western biology, for example, is the individual species, or — heading up the chain of Linnaean classification — the genus, order or kingdom.

The organizing principle of classical Western biology, for example, is the individual species, or — heading up the chain of Linnaean classification — the genus, order or kingdom. (Even the idea of an ...

All living things are classified in a hierarchal system that outlines the evolutionary relatedness of different species. This system of classification is called Linnaean taxonomy and it comes from ...

In 2019, writer and historian William Dalrymple curated a magnificent exhibition titled, Forgotten Masters: Indian Painting for the East India Company, at the Wallace Collection in London.It was ...

The most delightful parts of Rare Tongues are the most eccentric, and in the case of Plain Signs Talk, not to do with tongues at all. I often wished Gibb had lingered longer and given more examples.

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

Linnaean taxonomy eventually set the stage for our hierarchical system of classification for flora and fauna—from kingdom down to species. By then, the golden age of plant hunting was well underway.

In multiple areas of life, art and thought, the 18th century was an age of order, classification, laws, formulas, symmetry and grids. Everywhere you look, you find attempts to frame and categorize ...