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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

IUCN data shows Quokka & Quetzal face habitat challenges requiring global attention. Queen Alexandra's Birdwing, the world's largest butterfly, is an endangered species. Quahogs can live over 500 ...