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January 13, 2025 17 mins
Why is that every animals as a latin "sciency" name? How are these names created? This is the area of the esoterically named binomial nomenclature. These are some of the questions given to us that we attempt to answer. 

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Links and References: 
  1. https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-020-01344-y
  2. https://byjus.com/biology/binomial-nomenclature/
  3. https://www.britannica.com/question/Why-is-Latin-used-for-scientific-taxonomy


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