Climbing out of your car in a crowded supermarket parking lot, you hear what sounds like a raucous cocktail party. Glancing skyward, you see the sound's origin: hundreds of migrating, low-flying ...

Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. Half a dozen graceful giraffe crossed in front of the safari vehicle. “That’s a kaleidoscope of giraffe,” the safari ...

Naming collective nouns is a time-honored alliteration of bards dating back to medieval days. Their linguistic talents have bequeathed to the English language some intriguing terms, especially for ...

I’m mystified by the origin of animal groups’ names, like a murder of crows or a congregation of alligators. I am not looking for a complex, scientific reason. I understand the classification of ...

A group of cows is most commonly called a herd, the standard collective noun used in everyday language, farming, and scientific contexts for cattle including cows, bulls, and calves. But then, English ...

The animal kingdom is full of many wonders and mysteries. It is so vast and miraculous that you could probably spend your whole life studying it and still not even come close to knowing all that you ...