THE TREE OF LIFE

September 2007

The Tree of Life is a terrific web resource providing information about thousands of organisms. Very useful as a starting point for essays, GBLs etc.

AND TODAY WE HAVE NAMING OF PARTS

March 2007

A series of magazine articles from Nature about the Linneaus tricentenary (ie he was born in 1707). There will also be a big display in the Manchester Museum, as well as a series of talks about the importance and history of taxonomy. Uni/Athens needed to get past abstracts.

NAME THOSE CATS

March 2007

Bet you don’t know the names of the middle two species. Answer here (in the caption).

ANIMAL PHYLOGENY

December 2006

Forgotten why animals are grouped as they are? This open access article from Current Biology will help you out.