systema naturae

Linnaeus's foundational biological taxonomy

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#2826: The Hidden Crisis in How We Name Life on Earth

Species are vanishing faster than we can name them — and the people who do the naming are disappearing too.

May 14
#1710: Two Hundred Years of Calling Sloths "Miserable Mistakes"

Why did early naturalists mistake sloths for bears, monkeys, and giant rats?

Mar 29