To compile the list, TrustedHousesitters, a pet sitter website, examined the names of nearly 100,000 dogs and cats registered ...

Fuzzy, frenetic and full of chaotic energy, squirrels always seem to be getting up to some form of mischief and mayhem. These funny squirrel names are perfect for energetic rodent acrobats, devious ...

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 ...

Savannah, Hoda, Carson, Al Roker, Craig, Jenna Bush Hager … great names, right? They also proved lifesaving for six puppies last summer. With millions of dogs entering animal shelters and rescue ...

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).