Any individual with a name like Peter Rabbit might be expected to crave carrots and cabbage, but there is now a bearer of the name that, instead, has a voracious appetite for zooplankton. The list was ...

Scientists at the New England Aquarium are unveiling a new slate of North Atlantic right whale names, an annual tradition that helps researchers in the field identify the critically endangered animals ...

Meet Wall-E, Dumpling, Polaris, Peter Rabbit, and Hopscotch. They are five of the 20 Atlantic right whales recently named by scientists at the New England Aquarium as part of an annual tradition that ...

Holly has a degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Leicester. Her scientific interests include genomics, personalized medicine, and bioethics.View full profile Holly has a degree in ...