View the six stories below to discover more about ways we describe biodiversity when talking about living things today and in the past. Each story is stand alone, but you can also read them in the order presented below to follow a taxonomic journey that starts with the whole Tree of Life before zooming in through the taxonomic layers. Exploring physical markers of biodiversity that include size in arthropods, colour in insects, shells forms in molluscs, and the variety of spikes, fur, and feathers that vertebrates have evolved.
