Have you by any chance come across a flock of birds or a swarm of backyard pests and your first thought was what do we call ...

And what meanings do these names hold? While this is a story about astonishing creatures, it’s also about the importance of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Scientists estimate there are over 8 million animal species ...

When Kylie Jenner announced that she had welcomed Wolf Webster with Travis Scott, the internet began buzzing about animal baby names. But Jenner is hardly the first to choose a unique baby name for ...

Animal names often sound precise, but many are the result of early guesswork that never got corrected. Explorers, naturalists, and translators labeled creatures based on appearance or limited ...