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, ...

The American Ornithological Society, the worldwide birding organization that standardizes bird names across the Americas, will rename all species of birds that have been named after people, the group ...

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 ...

On today's episode of the 5 Things podcast: Some bird names no longer fly. Host James Brown speaks with Indianapolis Star investigative reporter Sarah Bowman about the group behind this effort, Bird ...

Last month, I wrote about the common names of birds, and the planned changes to some of those names. In the past, I’ve written about the folk names of birds. But there are also the scientific names of ...

The culture wars have come home to roost in Utah after the Legislature passed a bill forbidding state wildlife officials from following the American Ornithological Society’s effort to find new names ...

The American Ornithological Society has announced its commitment to changing “exclusionary or harmful bird names.” Nearly 150 birds in North America are named after people. The AOS is forming a ...

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 ...

Over the last month, a change.org petition has been making the rounds calling for the American Ornithological Society to halt its recently announced commitment to change all English-language names of ...