Carl Linnaeus is most famous as the father of modern taxonomy. What’s not so well known is that in his effort to manage vast amounts of data, he came up with a revolutionary invention: the index card.

Rudbeckia hirta. Solanum lycopersicum. Acer saccharum. Have you ever seen these names on plant tags or seed packets and wondered where they came from? We can thank Carl Linnaeus for taxonomy, the ...

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

Carl Linnaeus (1707 - 1778) was a Swedish botanist who devised the binomial classification system, a two-part naming system to identify, classify and name organisms from bacteria to elephant. Carl ...

Around 16,000 new species are described each year, but most animals and plants are listed as threatened as soon as they are ...

His parents wanted him to be a priest, but he rejected the collar to study natural order. Swede Carl Linnaeus, a medical doctor who treated syphilis, tried to organize the world's flora and fauna.

Peter Evans pays tribute to Carl Linnaeus, the father of taxonomy. The Swedish scientist developed the system of nomenclature for all plants and animals that is still used today. Show more Peter Evans ...