Editing 1680 in science (section)

==Biology==
* English [[Comparative anatomy|comparative anatomist]] [[Edward Tyson]] publishes ''Phocæna, or The anatomy of a porpess, dissected at Gresham Colledge'', concluding that the [[porpoise]] is a [[mammal]].
* [[Robert Morison]] publishes ''Plantarum Historiae Universalis Oxoniensis, Pars Secunda, seu Herbarum Distributio Nova per Tabulas Cognationis et Affinitatis ex Libro Naturae observata et detecta'', utilising his method of [[Taxonomy (biology)|taxonomy]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Oliver|first=Francis Wall|title=Makers of British Botany|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=1913|pages=15–16|chapter=Robert Morison 1620–1683...|url=http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Makers_of_British_botany/Robert_Morison_1620%E2%80%941683_and_John_Ray_1627%E2%80%941705| accessdate= 2 April 2011 <!--Added by DASHBot-->}}</ref>