By transforming documents of colonial classification into fantastical paintings, the racist imagery of Carl Linnaeus is ...

For two years in the late 1970s I followed in the footsteps of Carl Linnaeus: I toiled in the field of taxonomy. The small corner of nature's jigsaw puzzle that I tackled was a group of marine ...

The scientific name for house flies has stayed the same since Linnaeus described them in 1758. Fun fact: If an insect is an actual fly, “fly” is written as a separate word. Like house fly or drone fly ...

Most people would call it a "field mouse," but a scientist would ask, "Was it Peromyscus maniculatus? Or Peromyscus leucopus?" ...

Swedish botanist Carl (or Carolus) Linnaeus is, by some measures, the most influential person ever to have lived. He is famous for devising new systems for naming and grouping all living organisms ...

Discover interesting facts about the origin of the human species and what makes us different from our ape cousins.

May 23 (UPI) --Those born on this date are under the sign of Gemini. They include: -- Scientist Carl Linnaeus in 1707 -- U.S. Army Gen./Sen. Ambrose Burnside in 1824 -- Musician/actor Scatman ...

OG Summer House star Carl Radke revealed his fate for season 10 after major cast shakeups continue to unfold. “I look forward to spending the summer in the Hamptons with my friends,” Carl ...