The eggplant emoji may be more famous in the digital world than in real life, but it's not the case for most organisms. Biologists have made the case for 'animal underdogs' to have better emoji ...

After dividing every emoji related to nature and animals into a specific category, the researchers found that there are a total of 112 emojis of distinct organisms - 92 showing animals, 16 showing ...

Overall, the team identified emojis representing 112 distinct organisms –92 animals, 16 plants, one fungus (likely Amanita muscaria), and 1 microorganism (likely Escherichia coli).

Even among animal emojis, there was imbalance. Vertebrates, including mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish, represented 76% of available animal emoji taxa.

Compared to 2015, the number of animal icons has more than doubled - and annelids weren't represented at all until 2020's addition of a nondescript worm. Cnidarians got their first emoji a year ...