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Birds named after Philadelphia enslavers to be renamed

The American Ornithological Society will remove people’s names from birds. Many of those birds are now named after prominent Philadelphia scientists.

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Several birds named after Philadelphians will be renamed as part of an effort to stop honoring enslavers and racists

For more than two centuries, American ornithologists have been naming birds after people. The first two species to have honorific American names were given in 1811: Lewis’ woodpecker and Clark’s

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Review: In Twelve Trees, Daniel Lewis celebrates the many purposes of grand trees

Daniel Lewis examines the histories and significance of 12 tree species, including the redwood, longleaf pine, baobab, olive, kapok and West African ebony.

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Spell It: The story behind Pantone s colour of the year

We learn an ornithologist's devotion to describing bird species had much to do with it

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Why does Pantone have a color of the year? It started with birds

Why does Pantone have a color of the year? It started with birds
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