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).

You can add marmoset monkeys to the list of species that use “names.” But whether animals have anything more to say remains unknown. Do animals have names? According to the poet T.S. Eliot, cats have ...

Research suggests that dolphins develop a lifelong vocal “name.” Here’s how they evolved this high level of social identity, once thought to be uniquely human.

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 ...

The Vaquita is critically endangered, with fewer than 10 remaining in the wild. Vicuna populations have recovered from near extinction to over 350,000. Vervet monkeys are used in medical research due ...