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).

A black-capped chickadee by any other name is a Poecile atricapillus. That’s the bird’s scientific name, the reference used worldwide to avoid the confusion a list of local names could offer. For ...

There are thousands of species of birds, and many of their names are well-known to us—blue jay, robin, and mallard, to name just a few. But we have little understanding of the holistic nature of avian ...

Sometimes you and I need help with scientific terms. In today’s article, let’s look at the scientific terms used for animal groups. Why? For one thing, it helps to understand the types of animals in ...

Lands inhabited by Indigenous peoples in the tropics host much of the world's biodiversity. An estimated 60 million Indigenous people around the world directly depend on tropical forests for survival, ...

This item is primarily comprised of a list of scientific names of mammals observed or collected by W.J. Spina in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania in 1871. The list is organized by order and by family.

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).