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 ...

A photographer in the U.K. now hand-feeds the birds in his backyard after spending three years gaining their trust. He even has the photos to prove it. See the remarkable pictures.

The birds’ new names will reflect the species’ appearance or habitat — some trait associated with the actual bird, in other words, and not with the colonial explorer who first identified it.