“If people are feeling excluded because of what we call something, that’s not acceptable,” the president of the Entomological Society of America said The Entomological Society of America are working ...

Avalon/Universal Images Group via Getty The Entomological Society of America are working to remove a pair of offensive insect monikers. The scientific organization announced Wednesday that it is ...

This particular pair is only the beginning of a larger endeavor toward more conscious nomenclature. The Better Common Names Project will in fact readdress the nigh endless catalogue of insect names.