Pongo pygmaeus

In the 18th century, Carl Linnaeus published a system for classifying living things, which has been developed into the modern...

Octochaetus multiporus is a deep-burrowing earthworm native to New Zealand. It grows up to 30 cm in length and emits...

The hen and chickens fern (mouku or manamana) is a common New Zealand native fern. It had been observed that...

Why do scientists go to great lengths to describe and classify species, and why are many of the names so...