In a robin couple, a male brings his female partner nesting material as she constructs the robins’ nest. The female builds the cup-like nest with mud as its foundation and lines it with grasses, twigs ...

It is an old Anglo-Saxon saying, “The early bird gets the worm.” The saying traces back to a collection of proverbs published by John Ray in 1670. Ray was one of the most eminent naturalists of his ...