New species are being discovered faster than ever before - at a rate of more than 16,000 every year, suggests a new study.

Once upon a time there was a man in a land called Sweden. It was the 1700s and his name was Carl Linnaus.

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

About 300 years ago, Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus set out on a bold quest: to identify and name every living organism on ...

Funk and soul singer Carl Carlton is dead at 73. The death of the Detroit native known for hit songs including “Bad Mama Jama (She’s Built, She’s Stacked)” and “Everlasting Love” was announced by his ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Carl Carlton, the funk and R&B singer known for upbeat, era-embodying singles like “Everlasting Love” and “She’s a ...

(NEXSTAR) – Grammy nominated R&B, soul and funk singer Carl Carlton, known for hits including “She’s a Bad Mama Jama” and “Everlasting Love,” has died, his son announced Sunday. Carlton Hudgens II ...

Carl Carlton, the funk, soul, and R&B singer known for hit songs “She’s a Bad Mama Jama (She’s Built, She’s Stacked)” and “Everlasting Love,” has died. He was 72. Carlton’s son, Carlton Hudgens II, ...

Ready to re-marry seven years on from tragic loss FORMER captain of the England cricket team Andrew Strauss will re-marry next month. Here’s all you need to know about his fiancée Antonia ...

Sequestered off the bustling thoroughfare of Piccadilly, you'll be familiar with the Royal Academy of Arts, which lies through a grand, putti-flanked archway. But while passing through said archway, ...

In 1758, Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus gave humans a scientific name: Homo sapiens, which means "wise human" in Latin. Although Linnaeus grouped humans with other apes, it was English biologist ...

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 ...