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Birding: Some common names come under scrutiny as unsavory pasts come to light

Por: Portland Press Herald Sports September 24, 2023

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Culture wars are prominent in our country. We see books being banned from school libraries. School curricula are designed to avoid or to accentuate controversial events in U.S. history. Confederate statues are being removed. Culture wars spill over into science and nature study, including a current battle going on with bird names. When a new species of any organism is described, the taxonomist assigns the new species to a genus and creates a new... + full article



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