The American Ornithological Society (AOS) plans to change the names of all the bird species named after people, including changing those named after enslavers and prominent racists. In a news release Wednesday, the organization said it will remove the names given to North American birds such as Lewis’s Woodpecker, Townsend’s Warbler and Anna’s Hummingbird, adding…
Climate-driven temperature extremes are taking a toll on bird populations that reproduce on agricultural land, a new study has found. Birds that bred near farms were half as likely to see at least one fledgling successfully leave the nest during heat waves, the study authors determined, publishing their observations Thursday in the publication Science. Forests, on…