Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

To us, the bright red breast of a robin signals the start of spring. To a cowbird it screams ‘easy mark.’ Cowbirds are brood parasites, laying their eggs in other birds’ nests. Robins are one of their ...

The American Robin might become a paranoid bird, given the number of creatures trying to fool it. Scientists have known for quite some time that a parasite-type bird exists: the brown-headed cowbird.