The Pythagorean theorem. The Archimedes' screw. Hubble's Law. Numerous ideas and inventions carry human names as a way to honor their discovers or inventors. Plants and animals can be anthropomorphized in this way too: Grévy's zebra or Hirst's panic grass, for example. Well, just as with libraries and university buildings and any number of other eponymous entities, sometimes we reconsider on whom we wish to bestow naming honors. And so plans are forming to change the common names in English of roughly 80 bird species … [Read more...] about Science Corner: Improper Names
Ornithology
Ornithology Through the Lens of Faith
Escuadrón (de guacamayos escarlata) [Four Red-and-green Macaws (also known as the Green-winged Macaws) flying in Peru.] by Ricardo Sánchez is licensed under CC BY 2.0 This is the first of a new series we are running through this year on ". . . Through the Lens of Faith" in which various Emerging Scholars reflect on how their faith has informed how they view their discipline. Our "Call for Articles on Faith and Fields of Study" includes submission guidelines as well as our offer of a free book for each accepted … [Read more...] about Ornithology Through the Lens of Faith