classification

Explains the need for and the method of scientific classification of all living things, based on the system devised by Carolus Linnaeus, and includes definitions of the terms kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species.

Describes how various living and nonliving things are scientifically classified including plants and animals, habitats, and natural and manmade items.

Introduces the basics of classification for plants and animals, with a history of the system devised by Linnaeus, and hands-on exercises in classification.

An introduction to true bugs, a taxonomic order of insects, that includes descriptions of fourteen species and recommendations for finding, identifying, and observing them.

Discusses the process of extinction, mass extinctions, numerous species that have become extinct over the millennia, and species that have come back from near extinction.

Explains how living creatures are classified, and introduces all the principal groups of creatures that are believed to have existed in the history of Earth.

Illustrated guide to the major divisions of nature's five great kingdoms--bacteria, protoctists, animals, fungi, and plants--using a modern classification scheme that is consistent with the fossil record and molecular data.

Discusses the major classes of stars and describes how they are created, how they change, and what eventually happens to them.

Describes the impact of Carl Linnaeus's classification system on science; the kingdoms that have been added since its inception; and species discoveries brought about by the ability to decode DNA.

Photographs and simple text teach children about the divisions of living things into kingdoms, families, species, and other classification groups.