Ms. Renkl is a contributing Opinion writer who covers flora, fauna, politics and culture in the American South. On Nov. 1, the American Ornithological Society announced that it would be renaming all ...

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 ...

The Steller’s Jay—and dozens more—could get a new name soon under a controversial proposal by the American Ornithological Society to re-name all birds named after people. Say goodbye to Bachman’s ...

To remove potentially offensive names, a birding society said it would rename birds originally named after people. Since many birders resisted the change, it will be a topic at their annual meeting.

The Steller's jay, Cooper's hawk, and Wilson's warbler will all get renamed under a new plan to remove human names from U.S. and Canadian birds. (Mick Thompson, Tom Murray, Jerry McFarland/Flickr ...

The American Ornithological Society (AOS) plans to change the names of all the bird species named after people, including changing those named after enslavers and prominent racists. In a news release ...

Social media users are pushing back after the American Ornithological Society (AOS) announced it would rename dozens of North American birds named for people. The AOS said on Wednesday that it would ...

The American Ornithological Society has committed to replacing all bird names derived from people so as not to honor figures with racist pasts. By Katrina Miller The American Ornithological Society, ...

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 ...

An Aussie professor has spearheaded the creation of a global resource that’s shaking up birdwatching and research the world over.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (The Hill) — The American Ornithological ...