One of our most familiar songbirds is the American robin. The robust, orange-breasted thrushes hunt ground-bound prey in lawns, meadows, gardens and woods. While some robins overwinter in Ohio, scores ...

Known for their bright blue eggs, American robins are a familiar sight hopping across lawns in search of worms, fruit, and ...

American robins have returned to northern Alaska. A male is now perched above me in a balsam poplar tree on this bench of well-drained land upon which sits the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus.

On April 18, my husband found a cup-shaped nest made of mud, grass, leaves and small twigs ensconced within our Norway spruce. He noticed an adult robin’s head peering out from the nest. Ever since ...

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 American Robin is one of the most common birds in North America. You’ve probably seen one in your backyard or been woken up by one before sunrise. But did you know this iconic bird is also ...

American robins have returned to northern Alaska. A male is now perched above me in a balsam poplar tree on this bench of well-drained land upon which sits the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus.

American robins are common songbirds that are easily recognizable by their orange breasts. Robins are skilled hunters that use their keen eyesight and hearing to locate earthworms on the ground.