Picking a good name for your donkey doesn't have to be serious business. These silly donkey names are great if you're looking ...

Animal baby names are as fun as they are adorable. Giving your baby an animal-inspired name is also a way for an animal lover to (hopefully) inspire their child. Some baby names are obvious in their ...

Animal names for boys are having a moment, but what about animal names for girls?  Though not as popular, there are two ...

Shelter animals are already lovable, but give them a hilarious name, and they’re practically irresistible. Today’s post features shelter pets whose creative (and downright funny) names are guaranteed ...

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 ...

In the desolate plains of southern Australia scampers a small creature with pointy ears, a silky tail, and a cream-colored belly that ecologist Steve Morton describes as “wonderfully beautiful.” Its ...

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 ...