Every two-word combination must be unique. Called binomial nomenclature, this naming system was popularized by Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in the 1700s. So, humans are Homo sapiens, the red maple ...

University of Texas students introduce Creeky the Creek Monster in anti-litter campaign that includes historic Waller Creek ...

He noticed dangerous boulders along the creek banks and avoided them the best he could, when the ground slid out from under ...

Louisville High School softball makes a rubber chicken the 'Rage Chicken' and its unofficial mascot during run to OHSAA ...

While it’s not clear that the original incarnation had a name, the new/old mascot is named Hoosier the Bison, honoring both ...

Nothing says college football like live mascots. Texas fans are lucking to have one so iconic. We rank all 10 SEC mascots ...

Connor Solsbee never imagined he would play Smokey. But after beating cancer, he enrolled at the University of Tennessee with ...

A student stunned her friends on graduation day by revealing she had secretly been their college mascot for over a year. Aly Erario, 22, unmasked herself as Montclair State University’s Rocky the Red ...

It has been nearly 50 years since Indiana University officially last had a mascot to call its own. But that could all be changing as soon as this fall across the IU Athletics landscape. It has ...

Arizona Cardinals mascot Big Red had the time of his life after linking up with Rubi Rose and is going viral due to the raunchy photos and videos resulting from their meeting. Red is one of the ...

Many have made the somewhat obvious inference that Indiana might be revealing a new mascot. Many of those also believe it might be a revival of Indiana’s long lost bison mascot. Not that it’s ...

Renamed USS Wolverine, she served in Chicago as part of the Navy's "Corn Belt Fleet", a strange pair of coal-burning, paddlewheel carriers used exclusively for training over Lake Michigan.