Data from the RSPB's Big Garden Birdwatch and Big Schools Birdwatch over the years has shown that some of the garden birds that are most likely to visit your garden include starlings, house ...
The American Ornithological Society (AOS) announced on Nov. 1 plans to rename all North American birds named after the researchers who documented them. The new names, while not decided, will make it ...
The bird is named for Winfield Scott, a legendary 19th-century general who oversaw the forced relocation of Native Americans. “Eponymous common names are essentially verbal statues,” says the ...