Animal names are usually nothing special—bear, elephant, cat… you get the idea. Straightforward, familiar, and honestly a little boring. But some scientists clearly didn’t want to keep it that way, ...

What businesses are these ferrets running, and what conspiracies are these lemurs devising? It's a question that you might be asking after learning that a group of ferrets is called a business, while ...

But they’re also kind of cool in a weird sort of way. Here are some more examples. •A singular of boars. This is perhaps as dumb as these monikers get. Calling a group of anything a “singular” is a ...

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).

If you play trivia regularly this will be good information for you. Animals that are gathered together in a group have some very unusual names. Let’s warm up with some well-known common examples. We ...

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 ...