For thousands of years scientists have named and categorized the vast array of life on Earth. This video program highlights the major advances concerning the classification of life, more specifically focusing on current trends in systematics and taxonomy. Concepts and terminology include: scientific name, binomial nomenclature, taxa, domains, Archea, Bacteria, Eukarya, evolutionary, relationships, systematic biology, phylogeny, and taxonomy.

Originally released by Visual Learning, 2010. Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on April 18, 2015. Teacher's guide available under Additional info tag.

Introduction: The Classification of Organisms (1:09); --Abundance of Life (2:20); -- Classification Hierarchy (2:29); -- Basis for Classification (1:55); -- Taxonomy (2:43); -- Modern Classification Systems (3:43); -- Video Review (1:51); -- Video Assessment (3:23); -- Credits: The Classification of Organisms (0:39); -- classification (15:10); .