Author: Teresa Carr

Teresa Carr is an investigative journalist based in Colorado and the author of Undark’s “Matters of Fact” column.

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Taxonomy Gone Wild: The Contested World Of Classifying Life On Earth

Taxonomy Gone Wild: The Contested World Of Classifying Life On Earth
Taxonomists, scientists who classify complex organisms, in different fields didn’t define species the same way, and classification systems were largely inefficient and poorly governed. Postimages

No single, unified list exists of all species cataloged by humans. Some scientists want that to change.

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