Animal names often sound precise, but many are the result of early guesswork that never got corrected. Explorers, naturalists ...

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).

Even though the letter V is at the end of the alphabet, it is the first letter of some of the most colorful and important animal species. Animals that start with the letter V have been in the news ...

The animal kingdom is full of fascinating creatures, and even a single letter can reveal a surprising variety of wildlife. The letter F introduces us to animals that are fast, fierce, gentle, and ...

Yak: Largest land animal starting with Y, adapted to the Himalayas' cold, thin air. Yeti Crab: Discovered in 2005, farms bacteria on its claws in deep-sea vents. Yellow-Eyed Penguin: Endangered ...