The scientific name of the coconut is Cocos nucifera. This specific epithet, “nucifera,” means “nut-bearing” in Latin, aptly ...

The crab’s “crimson” claws earned its name Strigopagurus fragarchela from the Latin form of strawberry, “Fragaria,” and ...

Researchers have named two newly discovered freshwater snail species from Brazil after characters from The Lord of the Rings.

Oracle bones were often made from tortoise shells, as in this photograph, and from the shoulder blades of oxen. According to archaeologists, a fortune teller would carve a question into the bone with ...

In a sprawling plant in the heart of California’s farmland, millions of shells rush down a metallic chute and onto a conveyor ...