We’ve all heard of lions, tigers, and bears — but what about axolotls, quokkas, and narwhals? We’ve collected the ultimate ...

Across the world, scientists have identified over 1.5 million living animal species. One of the perks of being a field ...

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 ...

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 ...

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; ...

Animal names often say more about the people who coined them than the creatures themselves. Early explorers, sailors, traders, and scientists relied on first impressions, loose comparisons, and ...

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 ...

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 ...

Stephen Hampton has been watching birds for more than 50 years, and for almost all of that time, he thought nothing of names like Townsend’s warbler or Anna’s hummingbird: “They were just the names in ...