SAN DIEGO — A name change is coming to dozens of species of well-known birds this year — all in a push by the American Ornithological Society to remove human names and swap them with more useful, ...

The nightjar, a nocturnal bird species, is a master of disguise. Their grey-brown coloring and streaked feathers help them to camouflage with their surroundings, making them difficult to spy. Even so, ...

Let’s face it, some animals have cooler names than others. For example, how could the blobfish ever hope to compete with the hellbender or the goblin shark? Typically, animals get their names from a ...

A team of scientists based in Brazil recently reported that they discovered a new species of Tinamou in the mountains of the ...