Nature often sounds serious when it’s presented in documentaries, but the names don’t always match that tone. Once you start ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Scientists estimate there are over 8 million animal species ...

Be it bird, fish, or animal, every single breathing creature is born with a name. While some names are normal and socially acceptable, there are names which sound so strange, funny and unserious that ...

There's a sense of responsibility that should go into choosing a child's name. People aren't the same as pets, and your baby boy probably can't necessarily pull off the name Pickles the same way a ...

Some animals carry names that give entirely the wrong impression of what they actually are. Scientists point out that many of these names come from early explorers who misunderstood the animals they ...