While there's nothing wrong with choosing a classic parrot name like "Polly," we recommend flexing your creative muscles and trying out some more "out of the box" names first. These unique parrot ...

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 ...

In the spring and summer of 2021, I wrote four columns on the issue of bird names. This has come around again, in a big way, as the American Ornithological Society has decided to get rid of all bird ...

The American Ornithological Society‘s announcement earlier this month that it will end the naming of bird species after people is a decision of refreshing clarity. Because after two years of ...

Beyond the classics, BabyCenter's trend specialist Rebekah Wahlberg says bird names are capturing parents' imaginations like ...

After years-long discussion, birds will no longer be named after people — a decision meant to dissociate the animals from problematic eponyms. The American Ornithological Society announced Wednesday ...

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 ...

Over the last month, a change.org petition has been making the rounds calling for the American Ornithological Society to halt its recently announced commitment to change all English-language names of ...

Dozens of bird species will have their English names changed in an attempt to avoid associations with “historic bias” and exclusionary practices. The American Ornithological Society (AOS) said the ...

Naming any kind of pet is a challenging process that takes lots of planning and consideration, but naming a pet that can talk to you and even use its own name can amp up that difficulty level even ...

Parrots are absolutely extraordinary pals—there aren't many other pets that can literally talk back to you! Parrots are some of the most intelligent and expressive animals of all, and because they're ...