There’s no mistaking the dizzying display of a hummingbird’s wings as it zips around from flower to flower looking for nectar ...

In a recent study of hummingbird behavior, The Company of Biologists, a UK-based company, recently found that certain species of hummingbirds experience torpid behaviors more frequently and a drop in ...

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KRQE) – An NMSU professor and alumnus are studying the science of human behavior by researching hummingbirds. A Department of Biology professor and a former student wanted to know ...

If you want to know what makes hummingbirds tick, it’s best to avoid most poetry about them. Bird-beam of the summer day, – Whither on your sunny way? Whither? Probably off to have a bloodcurdling ...

What Does a Violet-Crowned Hummingbird Look Like? Both male and female violet-crowned hummingbirds measure about 4 inches with snowy white underparts. No other U.S. hummingbird shares the starkly ...

Birds have been inspiring drones for years, but the hummingbird is particularly agile – its ability to hover and make sharp turns could teach drones a thing or two. Now researchers at Purdue ...

At first, I didn't know what I was seeing — a tiny blur at the edge of a bush in Seattle's Wedgwood neighborhood, from which emitted a dramatic, high-pitched scream. Then the scene became clear: Two ...

If you want to know what makes hummingbirds tick, it's best to avoid most poetry about them. Whither? Probably off to have a bloodcurdling fight, that's whither. John Vance Cheney wrote that verse, ...

If you feed hummingbirds, you should be seeing lots of activity right now. Ruby-throated hummingbird numbers peak in August. Young of the year have left the nest (fledged) so late summer populations ...

A tiny, avian newcomer has fluttered into a yard in Chilmark, and bird watchers still have a chance to see it.  For the first time, a rufous hummingbird has been spotted on the Island. While this ...