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 ...

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).

Zoos throughout the country are continuing the unorthodox Valentine’s Day tradition of naming animals and critters after exes — some of which will meet an unfortunate end in nature’s food chain. If ...

Animals whose names begin with the letter Y might not be the first ones we think of, but they form an intriguing mix of species from across the world. Some are found in icy mountains, others in deep ...

So if you're thinking of becoming a pet parent to one, you'll love our list of 100+ donkey names. Seeing how a healthy, happy ...

Animals with names starting with ‘X’ are quite rare in the whole world, yet they include some fascinating and diverse species from across the globe. From shimmering hummingbirds to transparent fish ...

A worm sounds pretty innocuous. But what about a bone-eating snot-flower? That’s a creature you might think twice about. The bone-eating snot-flower is in fact a real species of marine worm, roughly ...