EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Scientific names are always italicized. When hand-writing text, you can underline them instead, but there is no excuse not to italicize when using a word processor. Example: use Bos taurus, not Bos taurus. 2.

Detailed explanation-2: -It is common practice in scientific journals to print genus and species names in italics. This is not only historical as species names were traditionally derived from Greek or Latin. Importantly, it also facilitates the rapid recognition of genus and species names when skimming through manuscripts.

Detailed explanation-3: -Genus Name. The genus name is written first. The genus name is always underlined or italicized.

Detailed explanation-4: -Binomial Name The scientific names of species are italicized. The genus name is always capitalized and is written first; the specific epithet follows the genus name and is not capitalized.