The official body charged with virus classification has released four new principles that bring order to the viral world. This provides a unified framework that will enable all viruses to be ...

It's right there in the name: The Endangered Species Act is meant to protect endangered species of animals. Emphasis on species. "Or they have to be a sub-species, or for vertebrates, they can be a ...

This article was originally featured on Undark. For centuries, taxonomists have cataloged every living thing they could find. Expeditions have traveled the globe, searching for unknown species; ...

Taxonomy, or the naming of species, is the foundation of modern biology. It might sound like a fairly straightforward exercise, but in fact it’s complicated and often controversial. Why? Because there ...

NEW YORK(Thomson Reuters Regulatory Intelligence) - Giving financial firms a common taxonomy and framework for managing their climate risk exposures is seen as one of the first coordinated actions by ...