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According to author Richard Conniff, "what really got the species seekers started was that a Swedish botanist named Linnaeus had invented a system of scientific classification."

Richard Conniff on The Species Seekers

The 18th century was an age of discovery when a frontiersman mentality yielded scientific breakthroughs in natural history

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Stegosaurs Walked Like Sauropods

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Cats Defy Gravity to Take a Sip

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Unexpected Horned Dinosaur Reveals Complex Evolutionary Pattern

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A Dinosaur in an Italian Church?

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Where Little Fiddler Crabs Like to Hide

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Ten Natural Products That Kill

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iPhone App Puts a Tyrannosaurus in Your Pocket

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Brontosaurus - Out With the Old Skull, In With the New Skull

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Looking for New Discoveries in Old Data

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Paleontologists Take Another Look at a Square-Mouthed Sauropod

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Stars on the Move

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Why You Waste Time Playing Farmville

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Cretaceous Croc Bones Were Dinosaur Table Scraps

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Southern Raptors Had Weird Teeth

Replace the Kilogram!

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Comparing Apples and Oranges

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Did Wee Little Sauropods Stand Up to Run?

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How Vagaceratops Moved

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Pink Flamingoes Attract Mates With Make-Up

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