Boaters cruising through Louisiana’s Calcasieu River last weekend got more than a nice day on the water — they witnessed ...

We typically imagine echolocation as “seeing” with sound—experiencing auditory signals as a world of images like the ones our ...

Most people would call it a“field mouse,” but a scientist would ask,“Was it Peromyscus maniculatus ? Or Peromyscus leucopus ?” Scientists u ...

Or Tursiops truncatus? Why biologists give organisms those strange, unpronounceable names by Nicholas Green, The Conversation edited by Lisa Lock, reviewed by Robert Egan Editors' notes ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Most people would call it a “field mouse,” but a scientist would ask, “Was it Peromyscus maniculatus? Or Peromyscus leucopus?” Scientists use a system of complicated ...

Scientists use a system of complicated-sounding names to refer to everyday creatures, a practice heavily lampooned in the Warner Bros. cartoons featuring the Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote – or ...