Colonists felled the forest for timber and farmland, and as the species became rare, bird collectors hunted it. In the 19 th-century, one Frenchman reportedly shot 24 Seychelles magpie robins in ...

Other birds, of course, are singing in March, for example, the American robin, but it seems they are more often vocal at dawn ...

"Sea robins are an example of a species with a very unusual, very novel trait," Allard continued. "We wanted to use them as a ...

The Northern sea robin, found along the western Atlantic, is notable for its wing-like pectoral fins and its ability to 'walk' on the sea floor using crab-like legs. These legs also help in foraging, ...

Robin is really a contraction and diminutive of “Robert”. The original word for the species was “Ruddock” or “redbreast”. Over time this was personalised with a Christian name as a ...

ROBINS are just one surefire indicator of spring. Hurray for their arrival. Hurray for their tenacity to adapt and overcome ...

Let’s start with the myth that robins are a sign of spring. We definitely see an influx in their numbers during spring migration, but they are a year-round species in Maine and have been for a ...

The five kingdoms are: The binomial system is important because it allows scientists to accurately identify individual species. For example, the European robin is Erithacus rubecula. It is much ...