Animal names for boys are having a moment, but what about animal names for girls?  Though not as popular, there are two ...

Q. I notice you sometimes include scientific names of animals in your columns. One time you identified a timber rattlesnake; another time, two turtles (an Alabama redbelly turtle and a stinkpot).

Unquestionably, the dog is the animal that is most associated with rap, especially since “dawg” definitely came from the genre. From DMX’s infamous barks to rappers having the dog moniker in their ...

Trish Khan, the Milwaukee County Zoo's curator of primates and small mammals, has worked at the zoo for more than 30 years, and in that time, methods for naming animals have changed. "It used to be a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Scientists estimate there are over 8 million animal species ...