"Look at that cute baby dog!" is not something you hear very often. There's nothing technically wrong with it, of course, but English already offers a shorter, more familiar, and more evocative term ...

There's nothing quite like getting to grips with the Welsh language. It's beautiful and unique but learning it isn't so easy. However, some words can easily tickle people when they're translated into ...

Russell McLendon is a science writer with expertise in the natural environment, humans, and wildlife. He holds degrees in journalism and environmental anthropology. You're probably familiar with a ...

The colourful and beautiful archaic names given to the animals and birds of Britain are in danger of being lost — but they won't be if Patrick Galbraith has anything to do with it. He tells the tale ...

A COMPANION volume to that on “Mammals”, already noticed in NATUBE, and like it a most useful work of reference. It includes the names of 2330 birds which have appeared in the London Zoo, and in ...