Picking a pet name is serious business — regardless of if it's a pet bird, cat, dog, or other animal. Your family might hold a vote to select the name of your new crew member, or you might brainstorm ...

Babycenter discovered that for Generation Beta (those born in 2025-2039), there is a huge name trend already: with bird baby names. Now, we already know that nature names have been all the rage in the ...

You might not expect bird names to be a controversial or even newsworthy issue, but in recent years, they’ve become just that. A large number of bird species take their English names from people, ...

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 ...

This winter, tens of thousands of birders will survey winter bird populations for the National Audubon Society’s Christmas Bird Count, part of an international bird census, powered by volunteers, that ...

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 ...