Discover what a pest is and how to identify one with a lesson that looks closely at our outside world and taxonomy. Scholars investigate insects and plants to practice their identification skills, take a survey, and explore the...

Review of binomial nomenclature and levels of classification in the plant kingdom. A quiz is available for students along with pictures, charts, and links.

Explore the diversity and taxonomy of the plant kingdom.

Profile of Dr. Daniel Carl Solander, a close friend and colleague of Joseph Banks. Solander was an eighteenth-century Swedish botanist and explorer who traveled the world collecting plant specimens for classification.

What do centipedes and crabs have in common? What's so special about a backbone? Check this site out from The Franklin Institute if you are interested in biology and classification.

Read about the four most familiar kingdoms: fungi, plant, animal, and protist.

Explains what differentiates ferns from other plants, their physical characteristics, taxonomy, life cycle, how they evolved, and where they occur.

Describes the physical features of different cacti, the variety of habitats where they can live, their distribution, evolution, taxonomy, and conservation status. (Published: January 10, 2011)

A species is defined as a single kind of animal, plant or creature. Examples of different species are given and how the many species that exist relate to biodiversity. Scientific naming conventions are introduced.

This biology site provides information on plant basics such as what makes a plant as well as what we can learn from plants.

Scientists look at the evolutionary history of organisms to divide them into kingdoms. For awhile, there has been 5 kingdoms, but many scientist are now using 6 kingdoms.

Explore the world of plants and all that encompasses the second biggest kingdom of classification.

This unit will describe the five kingdoms and their main characteristics. It includes 20 interactive activities.

Discusses the characteristics of Phaeophyta or brown algae, where it is found, its classification, some facts about it, and its uses.

This site is a description of the history behind the 5 Kingdom system suggested by Robert Whittaker. An extensive list of resources is included.