What’s in a Name? The Challenge of Classifying Living Things
By Dr. Abe Woo Sau Pinn
June 2023 FEATURE
ALL OF US, at some point in time, have attempted to identify either birds, flowers, insects or even fishes. Occasionally, an avid animal lover could even name commonly found animals just by listening to the sounds they make.Take, for example, the bird that makes loud “uwu” calls in the mornings and early evenings in most parts of Peninsular Malaysia – a friend of mine will always be quick to identify it as “the Asian koel bird!” in which the common...
Dr. Abe Woo Sau Pinn
studies the biodiversity of marine invertebrates and their systematics. His research interests include ecology, diversity, systematics and taxonomy of echinoderms.
