Animals all face the same challenges: finding enough to eat and surviving long enough to pass on their genes. While there are endless ways Nature has addressed these challenges, it sometimes arrives ...

Quick Take Ruby-throated hummingbirds migrate about 2,000 miles annually from North America to the Yucatan Peninsula and back ...

Hummingbirds hover by flapping their wings a bit like insects and a bit like other birds, and now a super-fast camera has made an image of the technique. A team of U.S. researchers found that ...

Yale ornithologist Richard Prum has spent years studying the molecules and nanostructures that give many bird species their rich colorful plumage, but nothing prepared him for what he found in ...

WASHINGTON — Billions of cicadas have emerged from the ground to celebrate their 17th birthday. But a viewer in Silver Spring, Maryland was wondering, if someone's missing from the party. "Is the ...

Gardens aren’t just for plants and people. Gardeners today have become far more accepting of toads, frogs, lizards, bees, spiders, squirrels, beneficial insects and other wildlife, appreciating the ...

What looks like an elaborate sequined mask on this male hummingbird could disappear the second he tilts his head. The throat and face feathers are iridescent—depending on the viewing angle, the ...

Fans of hummingbirds consider themselves lucky when they’re able to see one in action. After all, they’re among the smallest and most elusive creatures of their kind. Many of those fans had an ...

Type “hummingbird rescue” into any search engine, and the top results will lead you to Terry Masear, a healer for all feathered things that whiz and dart and zing. People seeking such help have ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) — These colorful creatures are ready to return to Albuquerque. Hummingbirds of different sorts and sizes are making the trek to their summer homes, and on that journey, we ...