How Animals Are Classified

Someone forward you this email? No Sweat! Sign up here to get your own If you're having trouble viewing this email, click here Follow Us How Animals Are Classified Welcome to the Animals / Wildlife Newsletter, a weekly newsletter published by About.com's Animals / Wildlife website. For more about animals and wildlife, be sure to stop by the growing library of animal profiles. Laura Klappenbach Animals & Wildlife Expert How Animals Are Classified For centuries, the naming and classification of living organisms into groups has been an integral part of the study of nature. READ NOW Share Are Jellyfish Mixing Up the Oceans? A pair of Caltech scientists attracted attention when they suggested an unconventional source of ocean water mixing. Hint: it involves jellyfish. READ NOW Share Scanning DNA Barcodes in Sea Turtles Little chunks of DNA can act as unique barcodes that enable scientists to identify an organism. Find out what that means for sea turtle conservation. READ NOW Share Peppered Moths: A Natural Selection Case Study H.B.D. Kettlewell, an English physician, had an interest in butterfly and moth collecting that lead him to explain the color variations of London's peppered moths. READ NOW Share MORE FROM ABOUT.COM • How To Make Glow in the Dark Nail Polish • Want to Giggle Like a Giganotosaurus? Check Out These Dinosaur Memes • Do You Know the 9 Greek Muses? • Flavoring Dishes Since (Insert Year Here) B.C. • Make a Pharaoh's Snake Firework • Master the German language exams - Level B1 CEFR • 10 Words to Avoid in Formal Writing • DIY Summer PD: Google Classroom Explained Advertisement About Education   |   Follow Us: You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About Animals & Wildlife newsletter. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here. If you would like to unsubscribe from all newsletters sent from About.com, please send an email to optout@about.com with "Unsubscribe" as the subject line. 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor, New York, NY, 10036 © 2014 About.com - All rights reserved