As a self-professed nature nerd, I’ve become accustomed to common names for plants being misleading. Rose of Sharon, for instance, is not a rose but a hibiscus. It follows that names for animals may ...

Many animal names are misleading, and robins are no exception. Despite sharing a name, American robins and European robins are entirely different birds. The European robin (Erithacus rubecula) is a ...

A European legend has it that on the night Jesus was born in a cold stable, a robin heard Mary's plea to keep the dying embers of a fire from burning out. So the robin flew in and vigorously fanned ...

The robin is regularly crowned the UK's favourite bird. With its inquisitive nature and unmistakable red breast, it's a familiar and welcome sight on garden fences and along country paths. But how ...

The old world European robin is the namesake for our own American robin, although they aren’t even in the same family. Most folks have seen American robins in the winter months along the mid and upper ...

A molecule found in the retinas of European robins seems to be able to sense weak magnetic fields, such as that of Earth, after it is exposed to light. Christopher Intagliata: This is Scientific ...

The new year seems to have brought a new visitor to Canada. Bird watcher Sabrina Jacob met the guest, a European robin, in Montreal when she heard it singing while taking out the trash on January 7.