Every known animal has both a common name and a scientific name. While common names are used in everyday situations, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Q. I notice you sometimes include scientific names of animals in your columns. One time you identified a timber rattlesnake; ...

Last month, I wrote about the common names of birds, and the planned changes to some of those names. In the past, I’ve written about the folk names of birds. But there are also the scientific names of ...

When strolling through a garden center or flipping through a plant catalog, you’ll often notice two distinct names on each tag: a common name and a botanical name. While the common name feels friendly ...

From Aristotle’s early groupings to Linnaeus’ binomial system, taxonomy has evolved into a dynamic science shaped by genetic discoveries. Modern tools like DNA barcoding are refining our understanding ...

From pill bugs to peafowl, the names we give animals tell fascinating stories about culture, science, and history. Common names can be charmingly local—or wildly misleading—while scientific names ...

A black-capped chickadee by any other name is a Poecile atricapillus. That’s the bird’s scientific name, the reference used worldwide to avoid the confusion a list of local names could offer. For ...

Study uncovers scientific naming origins behind mollusk names, with Ancient Greek dominating taxonomy for centuries ...

The way scientists name and classify organisms is often seen as neutral, but it’s shaped by the cultural and intellectual ...

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).