The questions in this quiz are suitable for GCSE biology students studying classification of living organisms and the impact of modern developments of classifying systems. If you struggled with the ...

It may seem surprising, but a universal definition has not yet been found for "species" – the traditional basis of biological classification. And this is despite the fact that at various times more ...

THE study of form has revealed the importance of convergence in the evolution of plants and animals, as well as the inevitable influence of laws of growth which apply to creatures whatsoever their ...

The classification of organisms into groups, taxonomy, has taken a step forward thanks to work by researchers at the University of Queensland. Led by Professor Philip Hugenholtz, the team approached ...

This table shows the classification of a tiger. Therefore the binomial classification of a tiger is Panthera tigris. The genus name comes first and can sometimes be abbreviated to just the first ...