Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Q. I notice you sometimes include scientific names of animals in your columns. One time you identified a timber rattlesnake; ...

Nature often sounds serious when it’s presented in documentaries, but the names don’t always match that tone. Once you start ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Animal baby names are as fun as they are adorable. Giving your baby an animal-inspired name is also a way for an animal lover to ...

Animal names usually fall into one of two categories. There are the simple, familiar ones we all know—African elephant, common dolphin, brown bear. Or their scientific names, if you want to get ...

One of the most important decisions you’ll ever make in life is adopting an animal in need. But your new forever friend is going to need a name, and it can be tough to choose. Luckily, the world is ...

Many scientific names acknowledge some distinctive aspect of a plant or animal. For example, the scientific name for the Alabama waterdog, an aquatic, flat-tailed salamander native to the Black ...

When Kylie Jenner announced that she had welcomed Wolf Webster with Travis Scott, the internet began buzzing about animal baby names. But Jenner is hardly the first to choose a unique baby name for ...

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 ...

Mr. Zinc, right, got his name after metal objects the whooping crane had eaten caused elevated zinc levels in his blood. When a female whooping crane, left, became his mate, she became Mrs. Zinc.