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 ...

Five bird species that hadn't been seen, heard or genetically detected in over a decade were documented by researchers and birdwatchers in 2025-and the story behind how they were found is as ...

SAN DIEGO — A name change is coming to dozens of species of well-known birds this year — all in a push by the American Ornithological Society to remove human names and swap them with more useful, ...

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 ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Jared Del Rosso, University of Denver (THE CONVERSATION) This winter, tens of ...

The first comprehensive list of birds that haven’t been seen or heard in more than a decade, as reported by citizen scientists, has been released by scientists. The Louisiade pitta (Erythropitta meeki ...

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 ...

Birdwatchers just helped rediscover five lost species in 2025, and the findings are surprising experts.

By Spoorthy Raman Five “missing” bird species — not seen, heard or documented in the wild for a decade or more — were “found” ...

An Amazonian bird turned out to be five distinct species; two of them were previously unknown to the scientific community.

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