Discover the most fascinating animals that start with A. From the mighty Alligator to the regenerating Axolotl, explore this ...

Animal names that start with O might sound like a small niche topic, but once you look closely, you realise how many extraordinary species fall under this letter. These animals are found in every ...

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 ...

One of the most important decisions you’ll ever make in life is adopting an animal in need. But your new forever friend is ...

You can add marmoset monkeys to the list of species that use “names.” But whether animals have anything more to say remains unknown. Do animals have names? According to the poet T.S. Eliot, cats have ...

Many animal names mislead, stemming from early observations and comparisons rather than scientific accuracy. Creatures like ...