A little birdie whispered that avian names may be growing in popularity. Actress Cameron Diaz and her husband Benji Madden, the lead guitarist of Good Charlotte, announced the birth of their son ...

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 ...

Steller's jay, Cooper's hawk, Anna's hummingbird - all of these bird species and dozens more could get new names. That's because the American Ornithological Society has vowed to change the English ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Cooper is going to lose his hawk. So is Swainson. The birds won’t know or care. And Mssrs. Cooper and Swainson are long deceased.

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 ...

Bird species ending in “keet” are typically parakeet or lorikeet varieties. In this article, we’ll discuss the differences between these birds, popular species, and care tips. “Keet” birds refer to ...

Say goodbye to Bachman's Sparrow, Scott's Oriole and Townsend's Warbler. Those three birds are among a half-dozen that will get renamed first under a plan by the American Ornithological Society to do ...

Bird names had been criticized before, but this race-conscious time seemed to lead to more action: A prairie songbird formerly known as McCown's longspur was changed to thick-billed longspur. The ...