Hank tells us the background story and explains the importance of the science of classifying living things, also known as taxonomy.

Hello, My name is Dr. Lawrence Turtleman and in this video, I discuss animals (and one plant) that have found themselves alone on taxonomic islands. These organisms common ancestors with currently living organisms stretch back tens or...

This video provides an overview of the classification system. The video uses the example of a house cat to illustrate this concept, showing how it is classified in various categories such as animals, cordates (animals with backbones),...

Now that we know how to construct cladograms, we have to learn some new terminology. These are the terms monophyly, paraphyly, and polyphyly, and they help us distinguish between any old taxon and true clades. Let's learn more about...

There are a lot of species in the fungi kingdom. How many? Over five million! That's a lot of fungus to sort through, so how do we keep things organized? Well we may remember learning about phylogeny and taxonomy in the biology series,...

It define taxonomy and systematics. It explain the application of taxonomy. It list the universal rules of nomenclature.