Hummingbirds use torpor to survive long migrations when food is scarce. Researchers found that they regulate fat reserves ...

Rowden shares that feeders are just as effective as plants in attracting hummingbirds to your yard, and your own homemade nectar can do the trick. He says to dissolve 1/4 cup of sugar with 1 cup ...

Hummingbirds often brave downpours to gather the nectar needed to avoid starvation ... researchers had to use theories of aerodynamics to estimate the forces produced by freely flying animals.

Fortunately, if the hummingbirds make your home theirs in the winter, you can help them to thrive and stay healthy, even when it's freezing outside. Since flowers are scarce during the winter, nectar ...

While there are plenty of hummingbird feeders, a hummingbird swing may also make your yard an attractive space for this species, because hummingbirds use perches ... and nectar should be changed ...