Animal names aren’t just a matter of semantics, but of emotions. A 2020 study that analyzed 26,794 common names found that many contained words that induced a strong positive or negative emotion ...

NAMES CAN BE as interesting as the animals they describe. In Australia they are often evocative and onomatopoeic, and have evolved from Aboriginal terms – names such as: bilby, currawong, dingo, quoll ...

Carleigh Walsh's animal-themed counting and memory cards for preschoolers have become an education tool across Australia and now Canada.

PETERSHAM will soon take the official name "goanna", while Camperdown will be referred to as "possum" - in local council vernacular, that is. Sydney's Inner West Courier reported that after more ...

Apple has updated its Maps app to display traditional Aboriginal names for places across Australia, reports The Australian. The Maps update has been a four-year project, with Apple saying it has only ...

PETERSHAM will soon take the official name goanna , while Camperdown will be referred to as possum - in local council vernacular, that is.