Have you ever wondered what the world’s largest land animal might be? While some land animals (giraffes) might be taller, and some marine life (blue whales) might be heavier, one animal stands alone ...

When it comes to African wildlife, few things capture the imagination like the Big Five animals. I still remember the first time I saw a rhino. It was about 20 years ago, and I was on my first ever ...

The Denver Zoo has a new arrival and asked for your help choosing a name. Now, the results are in. Meet Maple! The baby African pancake tortoise's birth was announced on June 10. The zoo then turned ...

According to a new study published on Monday, June 10, African elephants refer to one another with "individually specific calls" Gabrielle Rockson is a Writer-Reporter for PEOPLE. She joined PEOPLE in ...

Wild African elephants may address each other using individualized calls that resemble the personal names used by humans, a new study suggests. While dolphins are known to call one another by ...

Animal names usually fall into one of two categories. There are the simple, familiar ones we all know—African elephant, common dolphin, brown bear. Or their scientific names, if you want to get ...

What's in a name? People use unique names to address each other, but we're one of only a handful of animal species known to do that, including bottlenose dolphins. Finding more animals with names and ...

WASHINGTON — African elephants call each other and respond to individual names — something that few wild animals do, according to new research published Monday. Subscribe to read this story ad-free ...

“Although we know that wild parrots and some other animals have vocal signatures and can even use them to direct ...