Every two-word combination must be unique. Called binomial nomenclature, this naming system was popularized by Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in the 1700s. So, humans are Homo sapiens, the red maple ...

First, call 800-9MAMMAL, which is like a dolphin 911, and someone from Whitehead’s group will talk you through keeping the ...

Israeli marine researchers have documented a rare sighting of three generations of bottlenose dolphins swimming ...

SAN ANTONIO - SeaWorld San Antonio recently welcomed a brand-new star to its aquatic stage, a bottlenose dolphin calf born to ...

A Panama City commercial fisherman shot bottlenose dolphins, and fed them poisoned baitfish, after federal prosecutors in ...

The first word in an organism's name is its genus, which is a group of related species, such as Panthera for lions, tigers and leopards. The second word is the specific name identifying the ...