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 ...

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 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.

The bird was first spotted in early January, but it's not clear when it arrived in Canada. A rare European bird has become a local celebrity after it was spotted on Rougemont Avenue in Montreal.

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 ...