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 ...

Zebras have unique stripe patterns, acting as cooling and bug repellent. Zebrafish can regenerate heart tissue, crucial for medical research. Zorillas defend themselves with a foul spray stronger than ...

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 ...