Tiny mites seem capable of relying on the power of static cling to hop into hummingbird nostrils and move between flowers.
To make a DIY hummingbird feeder, you will need a clean, empty plastic bottle or glass jar, sugar, water, red non-toxic paint ...
Lead researcher Shayne Halter said new research is an early step in better understanding how hummingbirds use their energy during migration and how that might be impacted by changes to the flowers ...
New research is providing insight into when torpor happens in some varieties of hummingbirds common to B.C. and how much the birds bulk up for migration.
A trio of biologists from the University of Connecticut; the Organization for Tropical Studies, in Costa Rica; and the ...
You might want to skip over that so-called hummingbird house in the store, because it won't attract any birds. Luckily, there ...
Experts aimed to understand how hummingbird hawk moths precisely control their proboscis to extract nectar from flowers ...
Hummingbirds are small but remarkably tough. Some species make migrations of more than 5,590 miles a year. Their journeys are ...
Terry Masear’s dedication to nursing hummingbirds back to health offers tidbits of wisdom about practicing empathy and living each moment to the fullest.
Rufous hummingbirds in particular are well-known for their peregrinations across the continent, and over several decades have ...
When a speedy hummingbird arrives at a flower to drink nectar, mites run toward its beak to get onboard before eventually transferring to another blossom. But the poppy-seed-size mites are ...
For birds the size of hummingbirds to survive 15-degree weather is likely nothing short of amazing to many people, but in Kilmicheal, where Elizabeth Cummins and her husband, Jimmy, have a wintering ...