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 ...

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 ...

Animals that start with Z include more than just the Zebra. Discover 5 unique species, from the resilient Zebu to the ...