Carolus Linnaeus

Ten new species are highlighted in the Top Ten New Species list for 2012, the fifth year for this interesting record. The list, created by the International Institute for Species Exploration at Arizona State University and a committee of scientists from around the world, was released on May 23, the birthday of the Swedish botanist who created the current system of flora and fauna classification, Carolus Linnaeus. Since Linnaeus created this...  

On this day in 1747, on the recommendation of Carolus Linnaeus, John Clayton was elected to membership in the Swedish Royal Academy of Science. The clerk of Gloucester County, Clayton was also a tobacco farmer and a botanist who collected plant specimens from around Virginia and sent them to friends like Linnaeus, who named a species [...]