In this video, I have some fun with how common English names can sound awkward or even hilarious in Chinese due to ...

In recent years there has a growing shift within the birding community to change the common English names of birds that are considered offensive or inaccurate. A new paper has looked at this movement, ...

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 ...

Surnames are the strongest historical tie we have to our ancestors. Though there might be plenty of mystery surrounding less popular last names, they tend to traditionally come from one of the ...