According to one particularly amusing theory, hummingbirds hitch a ride on the wings of Canada Geese. Early cultures in northern Mexico believed that hummingbirds dry up on tree branches for the ...

Some of the tiniest feathers belong to hummingbirds. In the Northeast, where I live, ruby-throated hummingbirds the size of fat moths zip past us in spring, and again in fall; sometimes ...

Audubon’s Hummingbirds at Home program began in 2013 as a new community science opportunity to engage volunteers in watching hummingbirds feed on a wide variety of nectar sources, including native ...

the bird is trapped within a soft, meshy balloon. Netting birds is the first step in banding and tracking many songbirds and other bird species, but when biologists at Mesa Verde netted hummingbirds ...

If dogs are a man's best friend, then hummingbirds are a man's best backyard companion. These delightful, colorful, little birds are not just entertaining but also are great pollinators throughout the ...

They hover often, and also fly upside down and backwards. These hummingbirds have extremely short legs, so they cannot walk or even hop with any efficiency. Ruby-throated hummingbirds live in ...

Hummingbirds are among the most important parts of their ecosystems, but they're also some of the trickiest to track. Now, with the help of new technology, conservationists are starting to better ...

Everyone loves to watch hummingbirds — tiny, brightly colored blurs that dart about, hovering at flowers and pugnaciously defending their ownership of a feeder. But to the scientists who study them, ...

Hummingbirds are no strangers to the impacts of climate change. There are more than 360 hummingbird species in North and South America, with many listed as endangered or critically endangered by the ...