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).

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 ...

The animal kingdom is rich and diverse, full of creatures whose names start with different letters. The letter “S” alone brings a remarkable variety - from swift swimmers to slow climbers, from forest ...

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 ...