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 ...

13:36, Thu, Dec 4, 2025 Updated: 08:24, Sun, Dec 7, 2025 Unlike foxes and cats, robins are a welcome sight in British gardens. With much of the natural world in hibernation, seeing these delightful ...

European robins normally live in western Eurasia and parts of North Africa, but this one somehow ended up in Canada. Sabrina Jacob The new year seems to have brought a new visitor to Canada.

The European robin and Turtle dove have had their genetic codes sequenced and assembled for the first time by scientists at the Wellcome Sanger Institute and their collaborators. The genomes, ...

A man's remarkable friendship with a robin on the shores of Lough Neagh has proved a viral hit. Henry the Robin began visiting Tom McElhone just over a year ago in the workshop where he restores ...

Even amid the dead of winter, it's always a cheery sight to see birds visit the garden. Much of nature will be hibernating, but robins, wrens, sparrows and blackbirds are a few British garden birds ...

Wildlife charities say that Britain’s beloved garden robins may be harmed by well‑meant crumbs on frosty mornings. So what simple winter swap really helps them? On a frosty British morning it feels ...