A completely new order of marine sponges has been found by researchers at the Museum of Evolution, Uppsala University. The ...

A newly identified sponge group called Vilesida is giving scientists a clearer view of animal origins, linking sponges with ...

The meaning of taxonomic statements / George Gaylord Simpson -- East African fossil Hominoidea and the classification within the super-family / L.S.B. Leakey -- Quantitative taxonomy and human ...

To some extent classification is subjective. Taxonomists differ in the relative importance they ascribe to particular characters and in the degree of difference between related taxa they deem ...

The European Space Agency's Euclid mission—designed to map the geometry of the dark universe with unprecedented precision—continues to deliver its first scientific insights. The Euclid Consortium has ...

Part 2 of our evolution misconceptions series tackles the randomness of evolution and the idea that evolution advances linearly from simple to advanced. Receive emails about upcoming NOVA programs and ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract 1. Classification of the Chlorophyceae should be undertaken with the recognition that there is a closely knit phylogenetic sequence of ...

A new paper on butterflies may revise the taxonomy of Asian palmflies in the genus Elymnias in light of a forthcoming study on the butterflies' evolutionary history. David Lohman, associate professor ...

The latest evolution of New Mexico prep athletics is set to be unveiled Thursday, and there will be some significant changes for northern schools. Santa Fe High is expected to move back down to Class ...