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 task is simple: walk or die.

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 ...

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, ...

The new year seems to have brought a new visitor to Canada.

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 ...

Twelve familiar UK garden birds will only use nest boxes that suit them; learn which species likes which box to turn empties into thriving homes.

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 ...