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I was extremely surprised to have a flock of red-breasted singing robins appear outside my condo in Southwest D.C. this week.
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Western Washington University environmental science professor Robin Kodner about algea that is turning snow pink at high altitudes.
A red-breasted robin has hatched her eggs in a bush outside of the White House. Associated Press photographer Ron Edmonds first spotted the bird next to the entrance of the press briefing room.
CHRISTMAS is just around the corner, and what better way to get in the festive spirit than attempting a mind-boggling brain teaser? In a sea of Santa's reindeer, there is a tiny red-breasted robin ...
He’s sitting snug, staring straight at you whilst you’re ensuring this tricky test. The red noses of the reindeer camouflage the robin’s red-breast perfectly. Can you spot it yet?
Earlier this month, Polly Willman of Gaithersburg, Md., spotted a single robin perched on the railing of her deck. Two days later, she looked out to see a veritable army of the red-breasted birds ...
Sheikhtadi is adept at symbolism (the gift of a red-breasted robin foreshadows a miraculous encounter with a crucifix), but the tone is overwrought and there’s an uncomfortable disparity in the ...
In fact, “round robin” has two possible derivations, neither involving our red-breasted brethren. “Round robin” first came bob-bob-bobbing along during the mid-1500s.
Red-breasted robins may be an essential part of Christmas, but their distinctive plumage has far greater significance for the birds themselves, a study has shown.
Pat Lowe lets Bob the robin into her kitchen in Lydney, Gloucester, up to 15 times a day to feed him cooked porridge, worms and breadcrumbs. The 77-year-old is trying to train him to eat our her hand.