Naming your pet is the next most important choice you’ll make after deciding to open up your home to an animal in need of ...

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 ...

Animal baby names are as fun as they are adorable. Giving your baby an animal-inspired name is also a way for an animal lover to (hopefully) inspire their child. Some baby names are obvious in their ...

Shelter animals are already lovable, but give them a hilarious name, and they’re practically irresistible. Today’s post features shelter pets whose creative (and downright funny) names are guaranteed ...

One of the most important decisions you’ll ever make in life is adopting an animal in need. But your new forever friend is going to need a name, and it can be tough to choose. Luckily, the world is ...

Many scientific names acknowledge some distinctive aspect of a plant or animal. For example, the scientific name for the Alabama waterdog, an aquatic, flat-tailed salamander native to the Black ...

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 ...