Sometimes it's just a matter of choosing from a list of common terms—like kit, cub, pup, calf, and chick—but other times the official baby animal name turns out to be surprisingly specific and ...

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Its genus name, Arctictis, translates to “bear weasel,” which is also inaccurate. Though this animal isn’t an eel at all, it ...

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A group of children learn about the different animal groups and what makes each one special. Suitable for teaching science at ...

Marmosets are the first nonhuman primates known to use name-like labels for individuals, a new study suggests.

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 ...

Animal Style burger is an In-N-Out favorite, but where did its unique moniker come from? We have the surprising answer!

Do you know your cubs from your pups? But what about your spats from your kits? Some animal baby names are pretty strange - test your knowledge of them with this awww-inducing quiz. This quiz was ...

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Two new lion cubs who live in the Phoenix Zoo names before joining the pride. The public can pick their monikers in an open ...

More than almost anything else we put into our mouths, meat matters. What flesh we eat — or forsake — tells the world who we ...