The African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana), of the order Proboscidea, is the largest living land animal. A native of various open ...
At the highest level of organization (Figure 2), the biosphere is the collection of all ecosystems, and it ...
In biological classification, the order (Latin: ordo) is. a taxonomic rank used in the classification of organisms and recognized by the nomenclature codes. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, family, genus, and species, with order ...
The largest numbers of described species in the U.S. fall into four insect Orders: ...
Forget blue whales and giant redwood trees. The biggest living organism is over 2 miles across, and you'll hardly ever see it.
From the world's largest bird to the biggest fungus and flower, these colossuses of their classes take the prize for size.
The white bark is living tissue, unique among North American trees.
The largest living organism is a single gigantic specimen of honey mushroom ( Armillaria ostoyae), discovered in the Malheur National Forest, Oregon, USA, ...
At the top of the classification system is the kingdom, the largest grouping.
With over 250,000 species, the plant kingdom is the second largest kingdom.