"And names are significant; they help define what we think about these animals, and they follow them through their entire lives. Advertisement More than 2,000 animals live at the Milwaukee County Zoo.

Man Gave Names To All The Animals. By Ross Douthat. December 8, 2008. Share. Save.

Cows can be sweet, charming, and affectionate animals, which is why they deserve a name to match.If you have a whole herd of cows, sometimes it can be difficult keeping up with all of them, but by ...

Read on for some seriously funny names for groups of animals. Which will you find the most hilarious? Get Reader’s Digest ’s Read Up newsletter for more humor, tech, travel, cleaning, news and ...

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).

Forget names like "Dumbo"—wild elephants appear to have their own unique names that other elephants use while talking to them in low rumbles.

After years-long discussion, birds will no longer be named after people — a decision meant to dissociate the animals from problematic eponyms. The American Ornithological Society announced ...

But some people come up with more unusual names than others for their beloved animals. Traditional pet names like Bella and Max aren't for everyone, and one insurance company has shared some of ...

Milwaukee's zookeepers also add some meaningful quirks to the animals' names. Since 2000, bonobo babies have been given names that start with subsequent letters of the alphabet — "A" for a baby ...