In a study conducted at the University of Helsinki, AI was trained to classify bird sounds with increasing accuracy. The ...

Every year, scientists add thousands of new names to the great book of life. This momentum was initiated by the work of ...

Many known hominin fossils defy species classification, with the most famous example being the ever-enigmatic Denisovans. A study by anthropologists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the ...

A team of evolutionary biologists and ecologists has a new idea for how scientists should classify algae species. FSU Assistant Professor of Biological Science Sophie McCoy and her team are proposing ...

One of the most complete human ancestor fossils ever found may belong to an entirely new species, according to an ...

Plans to classify Japanese sika deer as an invasive alien species across Europe are causing alarm among Irish deer management organisations. If declared an invasive species, sika deer, common in ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Tree species and their names are a product of a two-part plant naming system ...