The Name Game

  1. Genetics

    Wolves in jackals’ clothing

    Africa’s golden jackals are really a species of wolf and deserve a name change, DNA evidence indicates.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  2. Planetary Science

    A modest Plutonian proposal

    Flagstaff, Echidna, Spock. Naming conventions for the landscapes of Pluto and its moons are proposed ahead of the arrival of the New Horizons probe.

    By Christopher Crockett