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, ...

By far, the zebra's most iconic feature is their brilliant black-and-white stripes. If you want a quirky animal name that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Wild African elephants may address each other using individualized calls that resemble the personal names used by humans, a new ...

It turns out that humans might not be the only species that have individualized identifiers for each other. A new study found that African savanna elephants, an endangered species, have name-like ...

UNDATED (WKRC) - A new study has found African elephants address each other with and respond to unique names, a very rare trait in wild animals. Names are a major aspect of human communication, but ...