Updated at 6:36 p.m. on May 26, 2023. Stephen Hampton has been watching birds for more than 50 years, and for almost all of that time, he thought nothing of names like Townsend’s warbler or Anna ...

These signs were part of a project kick-started by a small group that proposed to give Indigenous names to unnamed creeks in ...

Animal names aren’t just a matter of semantics, but of emotions. A 2020 study that analyzed 26,794 common names found that many contained words that induced a strong positive or negative emotion ...

But over time, some began keeping native animals as pets. In the early 20th century, officials began warning people not to take animals such as koalas from the wild to become pets.

TAIPEI, Taiwan — The name on his government ID when he was growing up — and how his classmates, teachers and baseball teammates knew him — was Chu Li-jen. At home, however, he was always ...

"And names are significant; they help define what we think about these animals, and they follow them through their entire lives. Advertisement More than 2,000 animals live at the Milwaukee County Zoo.

Place names across Michigan reflect the state's Native American heritage. Michigan is home to 12 federally recognized tribes, with Indigenous populations dating back over 10,000 years.