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 ...

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, ...

Cooper is going to lose his hawk. So is Swainson. The birds won't know or care. And Mssrs. Cooper and Swainson are long deceased. But well-known names like Cooper's hawk aren't expected to be spared ...

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).