Last November, the American Ornithological Society, or AOS, announced that it would change the common names of all American birds named after people. There are 152 such “eponymic” names (that is, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. You may be like, “Bird names? Seriously?” But hear us out: there are so many bird baby names, and they’re all so unique and ...

The American Ornithological Society‘s announcement earlier this month that it will end the naming of bird species after people is a decision of refreshing clarity. Because after two years of ...

Let’s face it, some animals have cooler names than others. For example, how could the blobfish ever hope to compete with the hellbender or the goblin shark? Typically, animals get their names from a ...

After years-long discussion, birds will no longer be named after people — a decision meant to dissociate the animals from problematic eponyms. The American Ornithological Society announced Wednesday ...

Although birds do indeed live in a world “without words,” humans pay careful (sometimes inordinate) attention to them. This month the American Ornithological Society announced that “in an effort to ...

The American Ornithological Society will remove people’s names from birds. Many of those birds are now named after prominent Philadelphia scientists. In ''American Ornithology,'' Alexander Wilson ...

OPINION: During the pandemic lockdown, I learned about the ways race and racism permeate every inch of our society, even birding. The American Ornithological Society has decided to rectify that ...

Some birds are about to get new names. And no, we aren't talking pets, parrots at a zoo, or cartoon characters like Woody Woodpecker. Think the Cooper’s hawk, Townsend’s warbler and Bachman’s sparrow ...

Get ready to say goodbye to a lot of familiar bird names, like Anna's Hummingbird, Gambel's Quail, Lewis's Woodpecker, Bewick's Wren, Bullock's Oriole, and more. That's because the American ...