On Nov. 1, the American Ornithological Society announced that it would be renaming all the birds under its purview that are currently named for human beings. The birds’ new names will reflect ...

Why Dozens of North American Birds Will Soon Get New Names In a bid to make birding more inclusive, the American Ornithological Society will give new monikers to several species named after people ...

North American birds named after people will be getting new names in the coming years.

There are about 10,0000 bird species in the world, about 2,000 of which live in North America. They come in all shapes, sizes, colors and personalities. Northern Cardinals, Bald Eagles, American ...

North American bird populations are shrinking most rapidly in the very areas where they are still most abundant, according to a new study leveraging citizen science data for nearly 500 bird ...

The American Ornithological Society is changing the names of bird species named after people.

Over half the grassland bird population has been lost since 1970 — more than any other type of bird.

As society continues to reckon with the country's history, names are being changed all across the US: mascots, schools, and more. The latest: birds.

Two-thirds of North American bird species are teetering on the edge of extinction. BROOKE BATEMAN, Director of Climate Science, National Audubon Society: Yeah, so we've lost 30 percent of our ...

Declining bird population is cause for alarm Three out of every four of the 500 North American bird species are in decline, a recent study found. But unlike the mass extinctions that killed off ...

Animalia 75 percent of North America’s bird species are in decline, study says Birds are rapidly vanishing from North America, with dramatic population losses in places that were once thought safe.