You may call it on the nose, but we call it adorable. The name Birdie is quite simple: it’s English for bird, but it has so much personality attached to it. Fun fact: two celebrity mamas have named ...

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 ...

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 ...

The American Ornithological Society (AOS) announced on Nov. 1 that the organization plans to give new English names to 70-80 birds species in 2024 Getty Select birds native to the United States and ...

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 ...

Dozens of bird species will have their English names changed in an attempt to avoid associations with “historic bias” and exclusionary practices, The American Ornithological Society(AOS) has now ...

There are thousands of species of birds, and many of their names are well-known to us—blue jay, robin, and mallard, to name just a few. But we have little understanding of the holistic nature of avian ...

CHICAGO (TND) — The American Ornithological Society (AOS), a global network of scientists dedicated to studying birds, announced Wednesday it will alter the names of dozens of birds “clouded by racism ...