Editing 1768 in science (section)

==Biology==
* [[Steller's sea cow]] is hunted to extinction.
* [[Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti]] becomes [[Scientist|auctor]] of the [[class (biology)|class]] of [[reptiles]] through his ''{{lang|la|Specimen Medicum, Exhibens Synopsin Reptilium Emendatam cum Experimentis circa Venena}}'' on the poisonous function of reptiles and [[amphibian]]s. He also publishes ''{{lang|it|Il Dragone}}'' describing the [[olm]], one of the first accounts of a cave animal in the western world.
* [[Caspar Friedrich Wolff]] begins publication of "De Formatione Intestinarum" in the ''Mémoires'' of The Imperial Academy of Arts and Sciences ([[Saint Petersburg]]), a significant work in the science of [[embryology]].<ref>{{cite journal|first=Alexander|last=Petrunkevitch|title=Russia's Contribution to Science|journal=Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences|location=New Haven|volume=23|page=235|date=June 1920}}</ref>
* [[Lazzaro Spallanzani]] challenges the [[spontaneous generation]] of [[cell (biology)|cellular life]].